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12
.03.24
18:08
Politics
Indian PM receives letter on bilateral relations from Belarusian president
Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik held talks with
Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi.
18:04
President
Lukashenko informed about Construction Ministry’s import reduction projects
Ruslan Parkhamovich said: “Unfortunately, we cannot operate without imports now. The share of import may be small, only 15% of the raw materials but it is there. This is why the main task for the near future is to address the matter of import substitution.”
18:00
Society
Belarus’ import of mineral resources 6 times down over 7 years
Andrei Khudyk said: “On the whole, in 2023 the output of the mining industry totaled 104.3% as against 2022. The import of mineral raw materials keeps steadily declining from 6.9 million tonnes in 2017 to 1.150 million tonnes in 2023.”
17:36
Society
Belarus, Russia adopt set of measures to improve transport communication
Belarus and Russia have adopted a set of measures to improve transport
communication between the countries, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia
Dmitry Krutoi said during a meeting of the High-Level Group of the
Council of Ministers of the Union State on 12 March.
17:27
Economy
Belarusian ambassador names most promising areas of cooperation with Russia
Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi spoke about the most promising areas of cooperation between the two countries as he addressed the meeting of the High-Level Group of the Council of Ministers of the Union State,.
17:07
Economy
Belarus’ cargo transportation via Russian transport corridors up 1.9 times in 2023
“Logistics is an important area. We increased cargo transportation
through the transport corridors of Russia by 1.9 times last year. We are
not stopping there, the growth in the first two months under the
agreements signed between our transport departments is almost 25% of the
past two years’ highest base,” Dmitry Krutoi said.
16:40
President
Lukashenko deems Belarus’ oil reserves underestimated
The first thing the president pointed out is how much oil was extracted in Belarus in the USSR times: about 8 million tonnes per annum or about 9 million tonnes according to some sources. The specialists, who were present at the conference, confirmed the figures.
16:40
Sport
Minister: Belarusian beach soccer team will prove its worth
Belarusian Sports and Tourism Minister Sergei Kovalchuk has
congratulated the Belarusian national beach soccer team on its
successful performance at the 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
16:35
Society
Overchuk: Belarus-Russia agreement on mutual recognition of electronic digital signatures ‘nearly ready’
The agreement on mutual recognition of electronic digital signatures between Belarus and Russia is in a high degree of readiness, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk told the media after the meeting of the High-Level Group of the Council of Ministers of the Union State,.
16:19
Economy
Ambassador: Belarusian producers will be given access to financial support instruments in Russia
Belarusian producers will be given access to financial support instruments in Russia, Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi said during a meeting of the High-Level Group of the Council of Ministers of the Union State.
16:13
Society
Krutoi: Belarus-Russia visa recognition agreement will come into force in December
The agreement on mutual recognition of visas between Belarus and Russia
is to come into force at the end of the year, Belarus’ Ambassador to
Russia Dmitry Krutoi said at the meeting of the High-Level Group of the
Council of Ministers of the Union State.
16:08
Sport
National
beach soccer
team honored at Belarus’ NOC
The
2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was held in the United Arab Emirates
on
15-25
February. Belarus
went through the
group stage without defeat, beating
Senegal
(6-4), Japan (3-1) and Colombia (4-1).
15:24
Economy
Union State integration projects to increase Belarus’ GDP by $8bn
Dmitry Krutoi said: "According to calculations of the Belarusian Economy Ministry, the realization of the main guidelines will allow increasing the GDP of our country by $8 billion. Let me remind you that the GDP grew by 3.9% last year.”
15:00
Economy
Over 15,000 tourists visit Belarusian MTZ in 2023
MTZ started developing industrial tourism in 2017 with one tour per day. “Today we offer four tours per day from Monday to Saturday. Over 15,000 people visited MTZ last year,” Sergei Sidorovich said.
14:35
Society
Over 130 Belarusian enterprises develop industrial tourism
“At present over 130 enterprises and organizations promote this kind of tourism. They have a certain base, accomplishments, and motivation to develop this kind of tourism. Over 200,000 people visited industrial tourism sites last year,” Oleg Andreichik said.