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List of Belarusian-Russian import substitution projects grows larger
Piotr Parkhomchik stressed it is necessary to finish all the work within the framework of these investment projects fast...

Lukashenko urges to expand tourism services in Belovezhskaya Pushcha
According to the head of state, the Belarus President Property Management Directorate offers recreation for tourists in national parks and the Berezina Biosphere Reserve. The president stressed that it is necessary to pay more attention to advertising available offers for family and tourist recreation...

Belarus’ harvest reaches 6.7m tonnes of grain
As of early 22 August, grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from 85.2% of the planned area (1.812 million hectares)...

Lukashenko: Belarus will start bottling its COVID-19 vaccine soon
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he talked to employees of the Zhuravlinoye farm and residents of Pruzhany District on 19 August...

Belarus, Laos seek to revitalize bilateral dialogue
"Moreover, there are many areas where we can help the executive branch to expand interstate cooperation. These are trade and economy, culture, education and science, mutual support in inter-parliamentary platforms"...

China-Belarus industrial park, Russian association of technology parks sign cooperation memorandum
The cooperation memorandum will facilitate the development of high technologies, commercial ties, and the expansion of export capabilities of enterprises. The sides agreed on information cooperation and the organization of joint events...

Belarus to participate in Rebuild Syria expo
Major enterprises representing food industry, mechanical engineering industry, and other spheres of Belarus will participate in the seventh international expo Rebuild Syria. They will showcase products and services, which are in demand in the Middle East...

Lukashenko orders to help farmers from regions sell their products in Minsk
The head of state noted that agricultural producers from the regions, especially those who have their own processing facilities, should get help with selling their products and opening their own stores in Minsk...

Belarus, Vietnam’s Lang Son to work out promising projects in logistics, trade
During the trip, the Belarusian ambassador held negotiations with Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Ho Tien Thieu. The leadership of the province reaffirmed its commitment to promoting mutually beneficial interregional cooperation with Belarus...

Lukashenko orders to fill vegetable storehouses to capacity
After filling in storehouses, surplus agricultural products will be sold abroad...

National Center for Marketing to cooperate with UAE company to promote Belarusian products
IQRA Group is developing a business platform to accumulate international offers of goods and services and find potential buyers and sellers...

Six million tonnes of grain threshed in Belarus
As far as threshing is concerned, the leader is Minsk Oblast where more than 1.5 million tonnes of grain was threshed. It is followed by Brest Oblast with over 1.3 million tonnes, Grodno Oblast with more than 1.1 million tonnes, Mogilev Oblast with 713,400 tonnes. Gomel Oblast and Vitebsk Oblast threshed 658,000 tonnes each...

Belarus to take part in agricultural exhibitions in Kazakhstan
In early November, Almaty will traditionally host the 24th edition of FoodExpo Qazaqstan, an annual exhibition event dedicated to agriculture and food...

Zimbabwe interested in contacts with Belarusian businesses
The parties reviewed the results of interaction between the BelCCI and the Embassy of Zimbabwe. According to them, in recent years a solid foundation has been laid to promote cooperation between the business communities of the two countries and to implement joint projects...

First Pakistani broker accredited at Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange
The company’s name is AP Sakafat Forever. It has been participating in export trading in sawn products since December 2021 as a trading visitor...

Some 5.7 million tonnes of grain threshed in Belarus
As of the morning of 17 August, grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from 71.3% of the planned area (1.525 million hectares)...

Ambassador: India and Belarus are seeking ways to address challenges in mutual trade
The diplomat believes that the main role of an ambassador is to develop and strengthen economic relations with the host country. As for the cooperation between India and Belarus, it remains at the level of about half a billion US dollars on a yearly basis...

Lukashenko opines on prospects of Belarus’ own sunflower oil production
Aleksandr Lukashenko asked the scientists whether it makes sense to expand the area under sunflower crops in Belarus. After all, this is about import substitution, as Belarus has to import sunflower oil...

Lukashenko calls for dictatorship in agricultural industry
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that for a high harvest it is important to observe the technologies in the strictest manner. In some places this is still not done, including because of the negligent attitude to the results of common labor...

Belarus' harvest reaches 5m tonnes of grain
As of early 14 August, grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from 61.5% of the planned area (1,317,000 hectares)...