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The leadership of the Belarusian mechanical engineering company Amkodor and Russia's Bashkortostan have outlined new areas of cooperation, BelTA learned from the press service of the company. The Amkodor representatives paid a visit to the Republic of Bashkortostan to get familiar with the facilities under construction: the site of the enterprise to produce machines and equipment for post-harvest grain processing and the site of the production and service center. The delegation...

A delegation of Belarus' Grodno Oblast will visit Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan on 21-24 March, BelTA learned from the press service of the Grodno Oblast Executive Committee. The delegation is set to meet with the leadership of Bashkortostan, to tour the industrial and agricultural enterprises, the Development Corporation of the Republic of Bashkortostan, the special economic zone of the industrial and production type Alga. The delegation will also attend a ceremony to launch...

A total of 12,532 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. According to the committee, 9,167 citizens of Ukraine came to Belarus via Poland, 2,444 - via Lithuania and 921 - via Latvia. Since 24 February 2022, Belarus admitted 87,236 citizens of Ukraine. 15,890 people arrived in Belarus directly from the territory of Ukraine. 55,672 citizens of Ukraine came to Belarus via Poland, 12,594 - via...

The Eurasian Economic Commission and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives have opened applications for the first international climate contest Green Eurasia, official representative of the Eurasian Economic Commission Iya Malkina said at a briefing for the press in Moscow on 15 March, BelTA has learned. “The purpose of the contest is to find effective climate practices and to scale them up in the Eurasian Economic Union,” said Iya Malkina. Commercial organizations, government...

A Belarusian delegation headed by Chief Academic Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vasily Gursky took part in a session of the National Innovation Council chaired by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, BelTA has learned. The main item on the agenda was the social and economic model of Belarus and the impact that scientific, technological and innovative activities had on it. Following the meeting, President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez proposed to set up...

In 2023 Belarus will continue increasing food supplies to Russia, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Leonid Zayats told reporters on the sidelines of the second Belarusian Food Forum in St. Petersburg, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government. In 2022, Belarus' trade with Russia grew by a third, and the number of deliveries also increased. “Last year, food products worth $667 million were shipped to St. Petersburg. Those were cheeses, milk, bakery and...