MINSK, 3 May (BelTA) - Sugar beet has been planted on 84.4% of the designated area in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. Spring crops were sown on 1,268,900 hectares, which is 53.6% of the plan. Early spring grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) were planted on an area of 567,000 hectares, which is 92.1% of the target. Spring rapeseed was planted on an area of 27,000 hectares, which is 43.8% of the target. Sugar beet was...

Sugar beet has been planted on 82.9% of the designated area in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. Spring crops were sown on 960,200 hectares, which is 40.6% of the plan. Early spring grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) were planted on an area of 548,800 hectares, which is 89.1% of the target. Spring rapeseed was planted on an area of 16,300 hectares, which is 26.5% of the target. Sugar beet was planted on 85,600...

Flax has been sown on 55.6% of the designated area in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. Spring crops were sown on 809,900 hectares, which is 34.2% of the plan. Early spring grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) were planted on an area of 534,800 hectares, which is 86.9% of the plan. Spring rapeseed was planted on an area of 11,420 hectares, which is 18.5% of the target. Sugar beet was planted on 66,500 hectares (64.4%),...

Planting in Belarus is to be completed by 9 May, Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Vladimir Grakun said at a press conference, BelTA has learned. Vladimir Grakun specified that agricultural workers will try to complete the spring sowing of early grain and leguminous crops within the next seven days, and the southern regions will finish this work by the end of the week. After that, the sowing of spring rapeseed and corn will begin. Planting of flax and sugar beets has already started....

Belarus’ population equaled 9,155,978 people as of 1 January 2024, the National Statistics Committee told BelTA. In 2023 Belarus was home to 9,200,617 people. This is why the population dropped by 44,639 people last year. Minsk was home to 1,992,862 people as of 1 January 2024, down from 1,995,471 people in 2023. As of the reporting date as many as 1,308,569 people lived in Brest Oblast, 1,081,911 people in Vitebsk Oblast, 1,338,617 people in Gomel Oblast, 992,556 people in Grodno...

OZARICHI, 19 March (BelTA) - No other country in the world witnessed such violence, cruelty, and genocide as Belarus during the Great Patriotic War, Belarusian Prosecutor General Andrei Shved said during a commemorative ceremony dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of prisoners of the Ozarichi death camp, BelTA has learned. "The Prosecutor General's Office has been investigating the criminal case of the genocide of the Belarusian people for more than two years. This case,...

A comprehensive test of territorial defense command and control bodies is in progress in Gomel Oblast, the press service of the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA. Chief of the General Staff, First Deputy Defense Minister of Belarus, Major-General Viktor Gulevich handed the relevant executive order to Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Ivan Krupko. The executive order authorized the test of people’s militia. People’s militia is a component of Belarus’ territorial...

The government will continue to support families with children under any circumstances, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with activists of the Belarusian Women’s Union on 5 March, BelTA has learned. “I know that all mothers and mothers-to-be are anxious to know whether the government will continue to support mothers with children. It is an absolutely legitimate question, as this costs us a lot. We are the epitome of the welfare state. We offer dozens of social...

As of 20:00 the voter turnout at the parliamentary and local elections in Belarus made up 72.98%, BelTA learned from Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Igor Karpenko at a press conference in the CEC press center. According to the CEC, voter turnout stood at 75.82% in Brest Oblast, 74.74% in Vitebsk Oblast, 75.85% in Gomel Oblast, 76.90% in Grodno Oblast, 74.20% in Minsk Oblast, 77.03% in Mogilev Oblast, and 61.54% in the city of Minsk. BelTA – News from...

As of 1 February 2024, a total of 134,703 large families have opened deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program, including 82,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of $826 million and 52,000 deposit accounts to the total amount of Br1.3 billion, BelTA has learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry’s press service. As of 1 February, a total of 81,749 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 66,555 applied...