MINSK, 29 December (BelTA) – Belarus' Healthcare Ministry, Russia's Ministry of Health and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have announced the start of the COVID-19 vaccination program in Belarus. The first batch of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V has arrived in Belarus today, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. Belarus' Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich noted that "immunization plays an essential role in the fight against the epidemiological process....

GOMEL, 23 December (BelTA) - The Belarusian harvester manufacturer Gomselmash shipped another batch of 30 SKD sets of the grain harvester KZS-10 MAX to Kazakhstan at the beginning of the week, BelTA learned from the press service of the company. Last summer the Belarusian company shipped more than 70 vehicle sets KZS-10 MAX to Kazakhstan, acting First Deputy Director for Sales and Services of Gomselmash Dmitry Afanasyev said. The innovations of this model were liked by the agrarians of...

MINSK, 17 December (BelTA) - The national strategy Active Longevity 2030 provides conditions for social involvement and full participation of the elderly in the life of the society, Tatyana Fyodorova, head of the main department of social services and social assistance at the Labor and Social Security Ministry told the media on 16 December, BelTA has learned. “People over 65 years old account for 15.4% of the total population in Belarus, and this figure is growing. According to forecasts,...

MINSK, 11 December (BelTA) - Belarus has restricted departure across land borders amid the coronavirus pandemic. Resolution No. 705 of the Council of Ministers of 7 December "On amending the Council of Ministers' Resolution No. 208 of 8 April 2020 and Resolution No. 624 of 30 October 2020" was published on the National Legal Internet Portal on 10 December, BelTA has learned. The document has been adopted to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 infection. "Crossing of the state border of the...

MINSK, 2 December (BelTA) – The amount of electricity used by electric cars in Belarus has increased by four times within one year, the press service of the Belarusian industrial group Belorusneft told BelTA. Belorusneft is the national operator in charge of building and running a chain of electric vehicle charging stations in the country. According to the source, electric vehicles represent one of the few industries that demonstrated growth in Belarus and the world as a whole in 2020....

MINSK, 27 November (BelTA) – The exposition of Belarusian manufacturers Made in Belarus was on display at the Cairo International Exhibition for Information and Communication Technology (Cairo ICT 2020) which took place in Cairo on 22-25 November, BelTA learned from the Belarusian embassy in Egypt. Cairo ICT is a key technology event in IT for transportation, engineering, banking and financial services, healthcare, education, energy, and security. This year the exhibition gathered more...

MINSK, 18 November (BelTA) - The Council of Ministers issued Resolution No.648 of on 16 November 2020 to approve the calendar of national exhibitions of Belarus in foreign countries in 2021. The document was officially published on the National Legal Internet portal on 18 November, BelTA has learned. According to the document, Belarus will hold national exhibitions at the FHA International Food & Beverage Exhibition in Singapore, the ITB Berlin International Travel Trade Show and ZITF...

MOSCOW, 27 October (BelTA) – As many as 98 Belarusian enterprises are certified for shipping agricultural products to China. Of them 56 enterprises are milk-processing ones. Aleksei Bogdanov, Head of the Central Office for Foreign Economic Activities of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry, mentioned the figures during an expert meeting held on 26 October to discuss ways to export more quality agricultural products from the Eurasian Economic Union to China. The expert meeting was...

MINSK, 21 October (BelTA) – The Healthcare Ministry of Belarus has updated the list of countries where COVID-19 cases are reported, BelTA learned from the ministry's press service. The list was updated in line with a number of criteria, including epidemiological risks (number of cases and dynamics), and a country's coronavirus response strategy. On 21 October the list included 28 countries excluded from it earlier. These are France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Moldova, United States, Lebanon,...

MINSK, 13 October (BelTA) – The China-Belarus youth competition of research and innovation projects has received around 200 applications from all Belarusian universities and Chinese undergraduate and postgraduate students who study in Belarus and at Northeastern University of China, Chairman of the Belarusian State Committee on Science and Technology Aleksandr Shumilin said as he attended the opening ceremony of the competition on 13 October, BelTA learned from the press service of...