As of 3 September, 14,000 tonnes of millet, or 61.5% of the area, was harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 3 September, 7.884 million tonnes of grain, which comprises 6.775 million tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops and 1.109 million tonnes of rapeseed. Farmers have harvested 35,000 tonnes of grain maize (1.8% of the target), almost 4.025 million tonnes of silage and green maize (16.3%), and 20,300 tonnes of buckwheat (41%)....

We would like to get to know Belarus better, the children from Donbass, who holidayed in Vitebsk Oblast, told journalists at the railway station in Gomel during a train layover on 24 August,  BelTA has learned. The children underwent health improvement and rehabilitation in the children's health camp Raduga in Liozno District, Vitebsk Oblast under the program of the Aleksei Talai Charitable Foundation. More than 40 boys and girls holidayed in Belarus for almost three weeks, improved...

As of 1 August 2024, a total of 139,783 large families have opened deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program, including 82,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of $826 million and 57,200 deposit accounts to the total amount of Br1.47 billion, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry. As of 1 August, a total of 87,458 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 71,207 applied to...

MINSK, 6 August (BelTA) - More than 6.3 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been threshed in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 6 August, 6.390 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed) was harvested, which includes 5.337 million tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops and 1.053 tonnes of winter rapeseed. The regional breakdown is the following: Minsk Oblast harvested 1.723 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed), Brest Oblast...

MINSK, 30 July (BelTA) – Over 4.8 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been threshed in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 30 July, 4.845 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed) was harvested, which includes 3.816 million tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops and 1.029 million tonnes of winter rapeseed. The regional breakdown is the following: Minsk Oblast harvested 1,237,900 tonnes of grain (including rapeseed), Brest Oblast –...

A total of 3.49 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 23 July, Belarus harvested 3,492 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed. Of them 2.563 million tonnes are cereals and leguminous crops and 929,000 tonnes are winter rapeseed. Gomel Oblast and Brest Oblast have finished harvesting winter rapeseed. The harvesting progress in the country is the following: Brest Oblast harvested 946,600...

A total of 1.597 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 15 July, 1.597 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed) was harvested, which includes 1.108 million tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops and 489,000 tonnes of winter rapeseed. The regional breakdown is the following: Brest Oblast harvested 417,000 tonnes, Minsk Oblast 383,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast 345,400 tonnes, Gomel Oblast...

GOMEL, 2 July (BelTA) – An agreement on establishing sister-city relations was signed by Gomel and Orel on 2 July, BelTA has learned. The document was inked in Gomel by Gomel Mayor Vladimir Privalov and Orel Mayor Yuri Parakhin. “We will respond to today's challenges and maintain sovereignty and independence thanks to unity and the preservation of historical memory,” emphasized Vladimir Privalov. “As part of the efforts to fulfill economic integration tasks set by our leaders,...

GOMEL, 27 June (BelTA) – A delegation from Sichuan Province of the People’s Republic of China is on a working visit to Gomel Oblast, BelTA learned from the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. The delegation includes people working in science and information technology. It is led by Deputy Chair of the Sichuan People's Political Consultative Conference and Chair of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association Xie Shanghua. Gomel Oblast...

MINSK, 17 June (BelTA) - The Belarusian agricultural machinery manufacturer Gomselmash has opened a branded classroom at Irkutsk State Agricultural University named after A.A. Ezhevsky, BelTA learned from the company. Aleksandr Novikov, director general of the company, is sure that machinery should be in capable hands, and for this purpose it is important to train future operators and engineering personnel. “Now students of the Irkutsk university will be able to learn more about...