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Over 530,000t of winter rapeseed threshed in Belarus
As of 27 July, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 327,900 hectares, which is 16.6% of the designated area. Some 1.195 million tonnes of grain have been threshed at the average yield of 36.5 centners per hectare...

Belarus, Pakistan plan to sign roadmap to increase trade in 2023-2025
The main areas of bilateral cooperation and the terms for its further expansion were discussed during a web-based working meeting between Belarusian Deputy Energy Minister Denis Moroz and Dr. Kazim Niaz, Federal Secretary for the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Pakistan...

Belarusian candies made to Chinese recipe presented to Lukashenko
During one of his recent working trips, the head of state talked about a popular product in China - candies made from pressed milk powder. Belarus has enough of this raw material, and the president proposed to start producing such candies at home. Officials quickly responded to Aleksandr Lukashenko's suggestion. A small trial batch has already been released...

Belarus eager to help build Paks 2 nuclear power plant in Hungary
Vladimir Ulakhovich said: “Initially we are talking about setting up the expert group, which will evaluate cooperation opportunities, will arrange initial consultations. More concrete cooperation will be the result“...

Belarusian National Children's Technopark to cooperate with Kurchatov Institute
"By signing the agreement we aim to set up an integrative network educational space for educational and introductory practices, which will allow gifted young people to decide on the choice of a further professional trajectory," the press service of the State Committee on Science and Technology said...

Belarus, Indonesia intend to strengthen economic ties
Ways to step up Belarus-Indonesia economic cooperation were discussed during a thematic seminar organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia with the assistance of the diplomatic missions of the two countries for the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belarus and Indonesia...

Minsk to host Belarusian-Uzbek women's business forum
Chairperson of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova said at a meeting on the preparation of the Belarusian-Uzbek women's business forum in the Council of the Republic. The meeting is expected to review the program of the forum, preparation of six thematic sections, plenary session, exhibition, accommodation of participants and transport services and also media coverage of the event...

Over 1m tonnes of cereal grain harvested in Belarus
“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...

Investment service agreement seen as one of drivers of Belarus-China cooperation
The negotiations on the wording of the draft agreement are to be completed within a week. The parties are to reconcile their positions on certain provisions of the Investments chapter, to agree on the wording regarding trade in services, to finalize the remaining positions on access to investments, as well as to complete the talks on the movement of individuals...

Over 406,000t of winter rapeseed harvested in Belarus
As of 25 July, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 268,800 hectares, which is 13.6% of the designated area. 950,000 tonnes of grain were threshed, with the average yield at 35.3 centners per hectare...

Diplomats, Grodno Oblast governor discuss Belarus-China cooperation
In addition to that, the diplomats met with representatives of the FEZ Grodnoinvest administration, the region’s biggest enterprises (including Molochny Mir and Grodno Azot), Yanka Kupala Grodno State University and discussed a possibility to expand cooperation with Chinese partners...

Belarusian commodity exchange plans to register grain suppliers from Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast
To this end, Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange held a presentation for Russian exporters during a meeting of the regional association of grain market participants "Kaliningrad Grain Club"...

Belarus’ companies might contribute to ensuring Qatar’s food security
“Qatar is interested in our foodstuffs.There is interest in Belarus-made powdered milk, butter, cottage cheese, chicken eggs. Qatar believes that our producers could contribute to ensuring food security of Qatar,” Aleksei Malafei said...

Belarus’ fixed-capital investments at Br14.9bn in H1 2023
In H1 2023 fixed-capital investments amounted to Br14.9 billion...

Winter barley, rapeseed viewed as promising crops for Belarus
While explaining the advantages of winter barley for the Belarusian agricultural industry, the president said that he does not impose this crop on the entire country. There is no reason to draw parallels with the corn campaign by Nikita Khrushchev...

Lukashenko identifies key problems plaguing Belarusian agriculture year after year
Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Let’s get back to our fields. The State Control Committee, the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Internal Affairs Ministry tell me that the situation is far from normal, let alone ideal”...

Belarus, Nicaragua sign impressive package of agreements, contracts
Following the talks, the foreign ministers signed an intergovernmental agreement on mutual abolition of visas and an intergovernmental agreement on the establishment of a joint commission on trade and economic cooperation...

Belarus harvests 9.5% of grain legumes area
As of the morning 21 July, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 187,400 hectares, with 651,500 tonnes threshed and the average yield at 34.8 centners per hectare...

Belarus’ delegation holds extended talks with Nicaraguan government
The parties discussed investment projects, supplies of Belarusian equipment, Belarus’ possible participation in major infrastructure projects of Nicaragua, cooperation in agriculture, logistics and the possibility of using port infrastructure, lending and funding, as well as forms of joint work in the markets of Latin America...

T-shirts featuring 2nd CIS Games symbols on sale in Belarus
The first batch of T-shirts has already gone on sale...