MINSK, 30 August (BelTA) – Belarus has cropped 97% of area under grain and leguminous crops, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 30 August, 97% of the area under grain and leguminous crops and about 92% of the area under rapeseed was cleared in Belarus. A total of 6,978,000 tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, was cropped. This includes 6,032,000 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops and about 940,000 tonnes of rapeseed. Belarusian agricultural workers have...

MINSK, 24 August (BelTA) – All regions in Belarus have completed flax pulling, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 24 August, 92% of the area under grain and leguminous crops and over 88% of the area under rapeseed was cleared in Belarus. A total of 6,784,000 tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, was cropped. This includes 5,849,000 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops and over 935,000 tonnes of rapeseed. Brest Oblast has concluded the harvesting of grain and...

MINSK, 15 August (BelTA) - The international situation remains unprecedentedly tense, with all kinds of challenges and threats becoming more acute, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in his greetings to the participants of the 11th Moscow Conference on International Security, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “Over the past decade such meetings and communication in the format of multilateral dialog on priority areas of global and regional...

MINSK, 8 August (BelTA) – Some 4.069 million tonnes of grain crops, including rapeseed, have already been harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 8 August, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 936,600 hectares, which is 48,9% of the designated area. Some 3.176 million tonnes of grain have been threshed, showing average yields of 33.9 centners per hectare. Winter...

MINSK, 1 August (BelTA) – Belarus raised minimum subsistence budget on 1 August 2023. This is provided in Resolution No.26 by the Labor and Social Security Ministry issued on 24 July 2023, BelTA has learned. The new minimum subsistence budget on average per capita is set at Br364.4, which is 3.5% higher than the minimum subsistence budget which was in effect from 1 May till 31 July 2023. The minimum subsistence budget across the main social and demographic groups is as follows:...

MINSK, 26 July (BelTA) – Belarus has harvested one million tonnes of grain of cereal crops, the Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA. “As of 26 july a total of 1,064,000 tonnes of grain of cereal crops were threshed, with the average yield at 35.8 centners per hectare. Taking into account rapeseed, this figure is higher and is already more than 1.5 million tonnes of grain," the Agriculture and Food Ministry said. As of today’s morning, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding...

MINSK, 19 July (BelTA) – During his official visit to Cuba on 18 July Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Aleinik was received by Cuba’s Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa, acting Head of State during the Head’s of State absence in the country, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The parties held substantive negotiations. The agreements reached by the Belarusian delegation during the ongoing visit were...

Enterprises of the Industry Ministry of Belarus signed 23 documents, including 14 agreements, 1 memorandum, 7 contracts and 1 treaty on the sidelines of the International Industrial Fair Innoprom in Yekaterinburg on 10-11 July, BelTA learned from the press service of the Industry Ministry.

It is important to showcase all the advantages of manufacturing cooperation and R&D cooperation between Belarusian and Russian enterprises, BelTA learned from Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.196 to stipulate a law policy concept, BelTA has learned. The concept includes five chapters and determines the strategy to develop the country's entire legal system, which has not only to regulate public relations but prevent possible challenges and threats in modern conditions. The concept determines the notion of Belarus' law policy, its goals, principles, and entities. According to the document, the law policy is...