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Belarus has sent a humanitarian cargo to Sudan as it is struggling with the devastating aftermath of floods, BelTA learned from the Emergencies Ministry of Belarus. On behalf of the head of state and in pursuance of the decision of the Council of Ministers the Emergencies Ministry collected and sent humanitarian aid to the Republic of the Sudan. The Emergencies Ministry was assisted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Grodno Oblast...

Russia's Bashkortostan is interested in developing joint varieties of grains and oilseeds with Belarus, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan - Minister of Agriculture Ilshat Fazrakhmanov said as he visited the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) in Minsk on 17 November, BelTA has learned. "We plan closer cooperation with the institutes of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. I would like to note that Belarus has good scientific...

A delegation of the Belarusian Embassy in China visited the city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, BelTA learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission in China. During the visit, the Belarusian delegation held a number of meetings and negotiations with representatives of local authorities and business, including top executives of the Economic & Commercial Counselors Alliance in China (ECCAC). The parties discussed the prospects for further cooperation of ECCAC with industrial...

As of 1 November 2022, a total of 119,872 deposit accounts were opened for large families under Belarus' family capital program, including 82,500 deposit accounts at the total amount of $825 million and 37,300 deposit accounts at the total amount of Br886 million, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry. A total of 63,926 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 53,902 applied to use the money to improve housing...

The state philharmonics of Belarus and Russia's Chelyabinsk have signed an agreement on cooperation, BelTA learned from the Telegram channel of the Belarusian Culture Ministry. The document was signed during a working visit of a delegation of Chelyabinsk Oblast led by Governor Aleksei Teksler. Minister of Culture of Chelyabinsk Oblast Aleksei Betekhtin and Director of the Chelyabinsk State Philharmonics Aleksei Pelymsky met with Director General of the Belarusian State...

The Belarusian People's Congress will ensure quality control of decisions taken by the current government institutions, Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs of the House of Representatives Andrei Savinykh said in an interview to the ONT channel, BelTA has learned. Andrei Savinykh noted that the bill on the Belarusian People's Congress, which is currently prepared, was actively discussed in the society. The Congress will consist of 1,200 delegates, a third of...