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Director of Rosatom's country office in Belarus Stanislav Levitsky talked about plans for cooperation with the Belarusian side at a science festival in Minsk on 2 September, BelTA has learned. Stanislav Levitsky said: “We implemented the Belarusian nuclear power plant project but our cooperation does not stop at that. We intend to advance partnership with Belarus in a number of areas. A complex program on bilateral cooperation in the area of nuclear non-energy projects has been worked out.

After a helicopter of the Polish army violated Belarus' state border on 1 September, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of Poland in Belarus Wojciech Filimonovich was summoned to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BelTA has learned. Belarus demanded explanations from Poland and a thorough investigation of the incident.

сообщается на странице организаторов фестиваля.Они призвали посетителей фестиваля, которые находятся на его территории, беречь запасы еды и воды.«Въезд и выезд приостановлен до дальнейшего уведомления. Вождение запрещено, за исключением машин скорой помощи. Если вы находитесь в BRC, сохраняйте еду, воду и топливо и укрывайтесь в теплом и безопасном месте», – говорится в публикации.The Gate and airport in and out of Black Rock City remain closed.

Representatives from China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Mongolia have been invited to observe the CSTO exercise in Belarus, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Anatoly Sidorov told a briefing on 28 August, BelTA has learned. «Representatives of non-CSTO member states have been invited to observe the CSTO exercise in Belarus.

Planting of winter rapeseed for grain is drawing to a close in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 28 August, 95% of the area under grain and leguminous crops and about 90% of the area under rapeseed was cleared in Belarus. A total of 6,925,000 tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, was cropped.

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will hold Belarus-initiated exercise on countering biological threats in Belarus in early September, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Anatoly Sidorov told a briefing on 28 August, BelTA has learned. The Barrier 2023 special exercise involving the CSTO radiation, chemical and biological protection and medical support unit will take place at the Brestsky military training area.

Sergei Aleinik. An archive photo

European manufacturers are ready to work with Belarus, Agriculture and Food Minister Sergei Bartosh told the ONT TV channel, BelTA informs. According to him, Belarus has not reduced food exports despite the sanctions. “It's true, we had to change track and refocus on other markets — Asian, African countries.

Belarus has hosted over 309,000 visa-waiver travelers since 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Some 694,614 people from the neighboring EU countries have visited Belarus since the launch of the visa-waiver program, including 438,969 citizens of Lithuania, 48,404 non-citizens and 158,4545 citizens of Latvia, and 48,696 Polish citizens.

Social spending will increase by 12% in 2024, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a meeting of the Council of Ministers on 29 August, BelTA has learned. The draft social and economic development forecasts, monetary policy targets and the 2024 budget are on the agenda of the Council of Ministers' meeting on 29 August.

As many personnel of the private military company Wagner as necessary will stay in Belarus, BelTA learned from Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “PMC Wagner lived, PMC Wagner lives, and PMC Wagner will live in Belarus despite anyone's wishes to the contrary. Prigozhin and I came up with a system of how PMC Wagner will be accommodated in Belarus. And these satellite images claiming that we are dismantling something… Why are we removing extra tents? We don't need that many.

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The West should not worry about the Collective Security Treaty Organization military exercise, which is due to begin in Belarus on 1 September, BelTA learned from Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Asked whether the West should treat this military exercise as some special signal, Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Not really. Frankly speaking, I didn't even learn details of this exercise.

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It is necessary to mobilize ourselves to preserve the country. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement after a conference held on 25 August to discuss the operation of Belarusian State University, BelTA has learned. “No matter who runs this university, it is necessary to shield it from unnecessary external influence. The university must develop as it should.

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Anatoly Sivak

The Belarusian economy maintains growth momentum and is expanding month by month, Deputy Economy Minister Andrei Kartun told journalists commenting on the country's economic performance in January-July 2023, BelTA has learned. “The economy has come close to the so-called target trajectory. We expect the target of a 3% GDP growth to be reached in 9 months.

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The Belarusian automobile industry will be developing at an accelerated pace, getting additional projects and capacities, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Parkhomchik said in an interview to ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned. “Last year we produced about 30,000 vehicles, and the market still lacked these products,” he said. “The president has set a task to produce 60,000 cars this year, and it will be fulfilled. Some 40,000 cars have been produced and sold.

Belarus should definitely be involved in the peace talks on Ukraine, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said in an interview with Ukrainian journalist Diana Panchenko, BelTA has learned. In June 2023 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said that the talks were in the pipeline and pointed to Belarus' possible participation in the negotiation process. “Is it some sort of a veiled invitation to you to join the talks if they take place?” the journalist asked the head of state.

Diana Panchenko and Aleksandr Lukashenko

Mikhail Mikhadyuk

An entrance to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An archive photo

The Krasnodar branch of the Belarusian Embassy in Russia will be reopened, Belarus' Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi said at a videoconference meeting on 10 August to discuss progress to implement the cooperation roadmap between Belarus and Krasnodar Krai, BelTA has learned. “The Russian government has approved plans to open a branch of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the city of Krasnodar. We are now busy working on this matter,” said Dmitry Krutoi.

Brazil values relations with Belarus very much, Brazilian Ambassador to Belarus Bernard Jorg Leopold de Garcia Klingl said during a meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in Minsk on 10 August, BelTA has learned. «It is a great honor for me to have this opportunity to meet and to convey to the president of my country your invitation to visit your country in order to discuss a roadmap for further cooperation,» he said. «Brazil values the relations with Belarus and the work that is being done in your country today.

Civilian aircraft manufacturing may begin in Belarus. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he met with employees of the organizations located at premises of Minsk National Airport on 11 August, BelTA has learned. According to the head of state, the relocation of Minsk Civil Aviation Plant to the territory of Minsk National Airport became a new milestone in the life of the enterprise.

The EU countries are Belarus' neighbors and we should not sever contacts with them, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he talked to the labor collective of Minsk National Airport, BelTA has learned. “Now we make money primarily in the East: in Russia, China. But we must not discard contacts with the high-tech West. They are nearby, the European Union is our neighbor.

The West should deal with the problem of smuggling Ukrainian children for illegal organ transplants, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he talked to aviation industry workers at Minsk National Airport, BelTA has learned. “The Westerners are trying to whip up large-scale hysteria around Putin and now around me, up to launching a criminal investigation. This is simply ridiculous, I absolutely do not worry about it,” the head of state said commenting on criticism coming from abroad regarding Belarus' recuperation program for children from Donbass. “This made it even more clear to us that we are doing the right thing.

Belarus will produce its own high-quality car, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he talked to employees of organizations at National Airport Minsk, BelTA has learned. One of the employees of Minsk Civil Aviation Plant asked about the production of Geely cars in Belarus, the plans to produce up to 60,000 cars. «We will manufacture them,» the head of state confirmed. When asking the question the employee noted that the cars proved well in the domestic market and that they are growing more popular.

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Nesvizh, one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in Belarus, celebrates its 800th anniversary on 12 August. Nesvizh was first mentioned in historical chronicles in 1223. A legend has it, that a certain Yuri Nesvezhsky took part in a battle against the Mongol-Tatars on the Kalka River. The earliest documentary mention of the town dates back to 1446.

Олегом Латышонком, что у Белорусской Народной Республики не было шансов выстоять в 1918-1920 гг. Однако это не отменяет того факта, что уже само провозглашение БНР оказало огромное влияние на историю нашей страны.

Belarus is the second country that has reached an all-weather partnership with China, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to China Yuri Senko said in an interview to Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned. “Last September in Samarkand became a very important historical moment for us when Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko together with the Chinese president made a decision to raise the relations to the level of all-weather partnership. Only Pakistan has such a level of relations with China. Belarus is the second country to reach this level of relations.

According to the preliminary data, Belarus' international reserve assets totaled the equivalent of $7,973.5 million as of 1 August 2023, BelTA learned from the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus. The country's gold and foreign currency reserves went up by $182 million (or 2.3%) in July 2023 after shrinking by $80.6 million (1.02%) in June 2023.

During the visit to Nicaragua, the Belarusian delegation signed an impressive package of bilateral agreements and contracts, spokesman for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz told BelTA. Following the talks, the foreign ministers signed an intergovernmental agreement on mutual abolition of visas and an intergovernmental agreement on the establishment of a joint commission on trade and economic cooperation. The roadmap for cooperation in agriculture was approved. The Belarusian tractor

Military personnel of Belarus' Armed Forces are conducting a training session together with fighters of the private military company (PMC) Wagner in the military training area Brestsky, BelTA has learned. For a week units of Belarusian special operations forces will practice carrying out combat training missions together with PMC Wagner representatives.

Qatar has got interested in Belarusian food products, Charge d'Affaires of the Republic of Belarus in the State of Qatar Aleksei Malafei told journalists, BelTA has learned. According to Aleksei Malafei, the two countries have a long history of cooperation in politics, trade and economy. Now Belarus and Qatar are focused on building on this cooperation and on ramping up investments and exports.

Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich held a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the High-Level Political Forum 2023 under the auspices of ECOSOC at the UN headquarters in New York, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Yuri Ambrazevich met with UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba. The parties discussed inte

Belarus became the leader among the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union in terms of industrial production growth in January-May of this year, BelTA learned from the press service of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). In January-May 2023, industrial production in the EAEU rose by 1.9% year-on-year.

Belarus and Kyrgyzstan have agreed on a permit-free road transportation, BelTA learned from the press service of the Transport and Communications Ministry of Belarus. Minsk hosted a ceremony to sign a protocol on amendments and additions to the Belarus-Kyrgyzstan intergovernmental agreement on international road transportation. The document was signed by First Deputy Transport and Communications Minister of Belarus Aleksei Lyakhnovich and Minister of Transport and Communications of Kyrgyzstan Tilek Tekebaev. The protocol scraps permits for all types of international road haulag

Over 550,000 tonnes of grain has been threshed in Belarus, the Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA. As of 17 July, winter barley was harvested from 138,200ha of land (90.3% of the harvested acreage), with 485,100 tonnes threshed (the average yield stood at 35.1 centners per hectare). Winter rapeseed for grain was gathered in from 37,600ha of land or 11.29% of the targeted area, with 70,300 tonnes threshed (the average yield stood at 18.7 centners per hectare).

If Putin changes his mind about Prigozhin and initiates some sort of revenge, Minsk will not be able to protect the Wagner leader, who knows that full well. Lukashenko in turn cannot believe the promises of Prigozhin, a warlord who has just betrayed his patron, to diligently follow Belarusian rules. One of the strangest twists in the short-lived Wagner mutiny in Russia was the involvement of Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who allegedly brokered the deal between mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Kremlin, and is even willing to host Wagner in Belarus. The Kremli

Territorial defense units are undertaking training near Osipovichi where PMC Wagner fighters act as instructors in some military disciplines, BelTA learned from the press service of the Defense Ministry of Belarus. According to the ministry, the units are drilling the skills of tactical shooting and movement on a battlefield. In addition, reservists are acquiring engineering and tactical medicine skills.

Belarus, together with its partners in the Non-Aligned Movement, needs to be at the forefront of efforts to shape a multipolar world order, promote common sense and justice in the world, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik said in an interview with BelTA. «If the powers that be listened more to the voice of small and medium-sized states, then we probably would not have such a host of problems today,» Sergei Aleinik said. «We think that time has come for Belarus, together with its partners in the Non-Aligned Movement, to pitch in and be at the forefront of the fight for multipolar world order, common sense and justice in the world.» During the NAM Ministerial Meeting held in Baku in early July, Belarus traditionally put forward a number of initiatives that «correspond to the spirit of the organization and the spirit of the times and that are aimed at ensuring a more harmonious development of international relations and finding ways to solve global challenges and problems that humanity is facing today,” Sergei Aleinik noted.

No one wants to put up with either financial, military, or any other types of pressure and diktat. It is important for all to end the neocolonial dependence on the countries of the “golden billion”, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik said in an interview with BelTA while commenting on the results of the ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Coordinating Bureau in Baku. On the sidelines of the meeting, the Belarusian minister held more than 15 meetings with the foreign ministers of various countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East to discuss both the bilateral agenda and the modern world order. «It would be a mistake to assume that after the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, the situation will return to normal. The sentiments during the meeting clearly demonstrated that for the NAM member countries there is no alternative to a just multipolar world order,» Sergei Aleinik emphasized. “This civilizational process is irreversible. No one wants to put up with financial, military, or any other kind of pressure and diktat anymore. Some large countries spoke about this directly and transparently during our talks." «It is important for everyone to end the neo-colonial dependence on the countries of the ‘golden billion', to create new effective formats of interaction that are not controlled by the West, transform economies, move away from raw material exports, and to industrialize,» the minister added.

A special operational exercise for signal troops of the Belarusian army is taking place on 10-14 July under the leadership of Chief Signal Officer, Chief of the Communications Office of the General Staff, Colonel Vadim Romaniv, the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA. In the course of the exercise communications centers of command posts of all command levels will be gradually redeployed to new areas. In the course of the exercise the signal troops