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Direct flights to connect Minsk, Russia’s Arkhangelsk
Starting from 25 April, flights will be carried out once a week on Thursdays...

Belarusian ambassador, Gazprom head discuss cooperation projects, possibilities
Progress in implementing the project to build the multifunctional complex Gazprom Center in Minsk was reviewed as well as a liquified natural gas project in the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone...

Belarus attends 14th session of IRENA Assembly
The actual electricity generating capacity of renewable energy installations in Belarus has increased 14 times since 2009, when IRENA was founded, and amounted to 632MW as of the start of 2024...

Belarus’ Academy of Sciences to showcase latest accomplishments on 30 April
Alongside the general assembly session an exhibition of the latest accomplishments of NASB organizations will be organized in the entry hall on the first floor. The exhibition will consist of priority areas and will feature innovative projects and R&D products...

Leisure tourism expo opens in Minsk
Participants and visitors to the exhibition have the opportunity to meet with representatives of world tourism associations, industry regulators, find new customers and partners, and attend the unique business events to learn more about industry trends...

Flax planted on 55.6% of designated area in Belarus
Annual grasses were planted on 98,400 hectares, which is 44.8% of the plan. Flax was sown on an area of 27,500 hectares, which is 55.6% of the plan...

Ten sister cities to take part in economic forum in Orsha　
The 12th International Economic Forum and the 13th National Universal Exhibition-Fair Orsha Traditions will be held in Orsha on 24-27 April...

BelAZ chief gives details on localization of company’s products
"I will put it this way: the level of localization of domestic units and components ranges from 60% to 75%: 75% are vehicles with hydromechanical transmissions, 60% are vehicles with electromechanical transmissions,” said Sergei Lesin...

Kartun names tools to support Belarus’ exports to distant countries
"Egypt, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa will be our strongholds on the African market. This market is estimated at more than $100 billion,” said Andrei Kartun...

Economy ministry: Belarusian economy maintains momentum
According to Andrei Kartun, the economy maintains momentum: the growth was 4.3% in March 2024 over March a year prior...

Russia-Belarus Tourism Congress underway in Minsk
"The participants of the congress are to discuss current issues of the tourism industry, exchange best practices, expertise and knowledge and take part in B2B negotiations and presentations. The congress is meant to help build new partnerships and put forward new initiatives in the field of tourism"...

Belarus’ PM outlines priority talks for agricultural sector
According to Roman Golovchenko, the first one is to secure a solid fodder base and adequate feeding, including the development of a program to provide livestock breeding with concentrated fodder...

Belarusian agriculture faces ambitious targets in 2024
The prime minister recalled the ambitions tasks, namely to increase the agricultural output by 6-7% and earn at least $9 billion on farm exports, which will require the full resource mobilization...

Belarus’ GDP up by 4.1% in Q1 2024
The GDP deflator index was 8.7% over Q1 2023...

Belarus expects to get at least 9m tonnes of grain in 2024
“We plan to get at least 5 million tonnes of sugar beet, 55,000 tonnes of flax fiber (at the level of the previous year), 568,000 tonnes for vegetables, 225,000 tonnes of fruit and berry, 9.8 million tonnes of grass fodder,” Ivan Kaskevich said...

Lukashenko briefed on progress in Belarusian cattle breed project 2024
The breeding experiment has been going on in three farms for several years and is yielding good results. Red cows are superior in terms of milk yield to traditional black-and-white breeds...

Belarus’ energy independence at 27.5%
Today, the country consumes about 3.2 million tonnes of fuel from its own energy resources, which makes it possible to replace about 3 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually...

Lukashenko suggests building poultry breeding and genetics center
According to the president, the strategic task is to ensure technological and biological protection of poultry farming, to increase the output to 800,000 tonnes of poultry meat and 4 billion eggs...

Lukashenko sets tasks for agricultural industry
“The tasks for 2024 are much more ambitious than previous ones. It is necessary to harvest about 10 million tonnes of grain, 5 million tonnes of sugar beets and more than a million tonnes of rapeseed this year,” the president said...

Lukashenko: Belarusian mechanical engineering can meet all needs of farmers
The head of state noted that any equipment can malfunction, but the domestic machines are maintained at a very high level...