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A delegation of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry is in Zimbabwe on a visit, the ministry told BelTA. The delegation is led by Head of the Civil Protection University of the Emergencies Ministry Ivan Polevoda. The delegation head noted that the visit would contribute to the establishment of partnership relations. Apart from that, it offers an opportunity to discuss prospects of development of Belarus-Zimbabwe cooperation in matters concerning the training of Zimbabwean...

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) plans to establish exchange trade in metallurgy and agricultural products between enterprises of Belarus and North Ossetia-Alania, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange. “The experience of cooperation with other Russian regions shows that the exchange mechanism is expedient to use both for export and import operations. In the case of North Ossetia-Alania, supplies of metals and metal...

More than 86% of respondents do not plan to leave Belarus, Nikolai Sukhotsky, Deputy Director for Science and Innovations at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, said as he cited findings of a telephone poll in an interview with a BelTA correspondent. The Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus conducted a telephone interview survey “Public opinion on issues of wide concern”. The poll was running from 8 to 22...

It is necessary to do more to empower young people who can contribute new ideas and concepts to the development of the Union State, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Dmitry Krutoi said in a recorded video message that was played during the online international round-table session dedicated to the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia, BelTA has learned. According to him, young people hold the key to the future of the Union State. “It is...

The president's message is aimed at strengthening the foreign policy positions of Belarus, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich said as he commented on the president's Address to the nation and the parliament on 31 March, BelTA has learned. “We would like to hope that sooner or later the world diplomacy will get back to its former positions. And all international problems, as emphasized by the head of state, will be solved at the negotiating table - the problems of...

A broad choice of Belarusian goods should be available in Belarusian shops, BelTA learned from Belarusian Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade Minister Aleksei Bogdanov. Aleksei Bogdanov said: “We are working hard on putting more Belarusian goods on shelves of our shops. I'd like to note that we managed to accomplish it last year when we reversed a 12-year-long trend. We continue working towards the same goal this year. It is very important to offer a broad choice to consumers,...