A regular session of the commission in charge of considering petitions of Belarusian citizens, who stay abroad and need to know whether they face charges in Belarus, has been held, BelTA learned from the Prosecutor General’s Office. The session was chaired by Belarus’ Prosecutor General Andrei Shved. In particular, after completing the necessary verification steps members of the commission looked into a number of petitions submitted so far this year. After reviewing the petitions,...

MINSK, 10 May (BelTA) - Belarusian and Saudi Arabian trade promotion institutions are stepping up cooperation, BelTA learned from the National Center for Marketing. In January 2024, during a visit to Saudi Arabia, representatives of the National Center for Marketing established a partner network with foreign trade promotion institutions. Recently, Riyadh hosted a Belarusian-Saudi business forum co-organized by the National Center for Marketing and the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and...

MINSK, 3 May (BelTA) - The Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus of the eighth convocation is set to hold its meeting on 6 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian parliament’s upper chamber. The session will open at 13:00 local time. The agenda includes draft laws: “On amending laws on the Investigative Committee”, “On suspending the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe”, “On ratifying the agreement on cooperation in security...

MINSK, 26 April (BelTA) – The National Security Concept and the Military Doctrine of the Republic of Belarus, which were approved by the Belarusian People’s Congress, were officially published on the National Legal Internet Portal, BelTA has learned. The delegates supported the documents unanimously. “We, the people of Belarus, being aware of our responsibility for the present and the future of our country, in a bid to ensure peace and harmony, well-being of our citizens,...

While in St. Petersburg Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Dmitry Krutoi met with Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom Alexey Miller, the press service of the Belarusian embassy in Russia told BelTA. Dmitry Krutoi and Alexey Miller discussed key and most topical matters on the packed agenda of Belarus’ interaction with the Russian corporation. The parties stated that Belarusian consumers are supplied with natural gas reliably during the heating...

MINSK, 12 April (BelTA) – Sanctions are not going to disrupt the planting effort in Belarus, Deputy Head of the Directorate - Head of the Plant Production Department of the Agriculture and Food Ministry Ivan Kaskevich told BelTA's project The Nation Speaks. “Business is like water in the sand: it will always find a way,” noted Ivan Kaskevich. “The thing is that the sanctions have had their toll and deliveries are not so fast, but issues related to seeds and spare parts are being...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.132 on improving approaches to the selection, training, and upbringing of young Belarusians in cadet schools, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA. The document provides for amending the regulation on cadet schools. In particular, the duration of field training camps for students of the 8th form and the 10th form has been extended from 5 days (30 hours) to 10-12 days (60-72 hours). Health certificates, which are...

A large chain of electric vehicle charging stations has been set up in Belarus, with the number of stations past 1,000, BelTA learned from Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich. New passenger electrobuses will be put to use in Zhodino. A solemn ceremony to hand over 14 modern MAZ 303E electrobuses to the local mass transit company took place in the city on 28 March. Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Piotr Parkhomchik took part in it. Electric companies made their own contribution...

MINSK, 20 March (BelTA) – Early spring grain and leguminous crops have been sown on an area of 34,700 hectares in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Early spring grain and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were sown on an area of 34,700 hectares, which is 5.57% of the plan. The regional breakdown is the following: crops were sown on an area of 20,700 hectares in Brest Oblast, 420 hectares in Vitebsk Oblast, 3,590 hectares in Gomel...

MINSK, 12 March (BelTA) – The nomination of candidates for delegates to the Belarusian People’s Congress is beginning on 12 March, BelTA has learned. Prospective delegates are nominated by organizational structures from the regions and the city of Minsk and are elected by the governing bodies of civil society entities from among members of these entities (they should be members of this civil society entity). There should be delegates from each region and the city of Minsk....