Regional News

Belarus has harvested 33.500 hectares planted to colza or 79.9% of the target, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

The Council of Ministers has suspended the export of wheat and meslin, rye, barley, oats, corn, buckwheat, millet, triticale and other cereals and also rapeseeds. Resolution No. 482 of the Council of Ministers of 24 August 2021 was officially published on the National Legal Internet Portal on 26 August, BelTA has learned.

On 26 August the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted an opening ceremony of the Year of the Regions of Belarus and China for 2021-2022. Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolai Borisevich and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong exchanged diplomatic notes, BelTA has learned.

More than 7,000 domestic harvesters are used in Belarus, Belarusian Industry Minister Piotr Parkhomchik told the media, BelTA has learned.

An official opening ceremony of the International Army Games 2021 and the large-scale defense technology forum Army 2021 took place in Alabino, Moscow Oblast, Russia on 23 August. A Belarusian delegation led by Defense Minister, Lieutenant-General Viktor Khrenin attended the opening ceremony. The most thrilling event of the games – a tank biathlon – was launched there, representatives of the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA.

The main tasks and avenues of development with regard to the digital transformation of the education system will be discussed at a national teaching staff meeting on 23 August, representatives of the Operations and Analysis Center under the President of the Republic of Belarus told BelTA.

The commitment to leave no one behind is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the Belarusian National Assembly, the National Coordinator for the SDGs Anatoly Isachenko said as he opened the conference “Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals at the regional level”, BelTA has learned.

Proposals have been submitted to amend the Belarusian Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, Chairman of the Constitutional Commission, Chairman of the Constitutional Court Piotr Miklashevich told the media on 21 July, BelTA has learned.

The dialogue between the youth of Belarus and Ukraine is essential for promoting friendship between the two nations, Chairman of the Youth Parliament at Belarus' National Assembly Yegor Makarevich said as he met with members of the Ukrainian political party Opposition Platform - For Life representing self-governance bodies of Odessa Oblast of Ukraine, BelTA learned from the press service of the upper chamber of the Belarusian parliament.

The awards ceremony and a gala concert of the international children's song contest Vitebsk 2021 were held at Slavianski Bazaar on 18 July, BelTA has learned.

Interference in domestic affairs of a sovereign state runs afoul of all international agreements, Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned.

The Sputnik Light vaccine is expected to be delivered to Belarus in July, Belarus' Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told reporters, BelTA has learned.

The Expert Council for the Union State Literature and Art Award under the Standing Committee of the Belarus-Russia Union State has announced the nominees for the award for 2021-2022, BelTA learned from the Standing Committee.

Today the idea of an international isolation and the use of sanctions against a country in the center of Europe looks absurd, BelTA learned from Oleg Zhingel, member of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, head of the Vitebsk Oblast regional directorate of OAO Belagroprombank.

The bill on amendments to the laws on blood donations has been submitted to the House of Representatives, Lyudmila Makarina-Kibak, MD, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health, Physical Education, Family and Youth Policy of the House of Representatives, told reporters, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian Belpochta postal service and the Russian online retailer Ozon have signed an agreement to deliver goods from the Ozon marketplace across Belarus, BelTA learned from Belpochta's press service.

The Russian-Belarusian-Serbian tactical exercise Slavonic Brotherhood 2021 will begin in the exercise area Rayevsky in Novorossiysk today.

Results of the open online contest for the best symbol (logo) of the Year of People's Unity have been announced in Belarus.

The Vytoki cultural and sports festival has united sport, culture, education, and industrial enterprises of Orsha District and has thus contributed to the development of the district, President of the Belarusian National Olympic Committee Viktor Lukashenko told the media at the opening of the festival in Orsha on 5 June, BelTA has learned.