Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Dmitry Krutoi has met with Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Russia Esen Aydogdyev, the press service of the Belarusian diplomatic mission told BelTA.  "The parties discussed bilateral cooperation in economy and trade, including the work of trading houses in both countries. They also discussed the schedule of upcoming joint events to be held at various levels, including within the framework of the CIS," said the press service.  The diplomats also touched...

More than 8,000 people visited BelTA’s photo exhibition Parallel Worlds that was running at the National Library of Belarus from 17 to 21 January, BelTA has learned. The photo exhibition includes 17 posters - a collection of images from the agency's archive, reflecting two worlds: the world of the state - of creation and development, and the world of the opposition - of destruction and degradation. The exhibition was held on the 22nd floor (observation deck) of the National Library of...

The Association of Young Diplomats of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Centre for Marketing and Price Study have launched an essay competition "I Want to Become a Diplomat," BelTA has learned. The contest is running from 22 January to 4 March and is dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the Belarusian diplomatic service.  "If you are under 27, you study at a Belarusian university and have the Belarusian citizenship, are interested in international...

The Russian state corporation Roscosmos has named a new date when the manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-25 is scheduled to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) with Belarus’ Marina Vasilevskaya on board, BelTA has learned. In addition to presenting the emblem of the crew of the manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-25 Roscosmos mentioned that the spacecraft is scheduled for launch on 21 March 2024. The crew will include Belarus’ Marina Vasilevskaya (Anastasia Lenkova as backup), the...

Capabilities of Belarusian enterprises will be used as much as possible in the course of creating a new Belarusian-Russian satellite for the remote sensing of Earth, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov told BelTA after Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with top officials of the Council of Ministers on 18 January. The NASB head underlined that the project to launch Belarus’ first remote Earth sensing satellite had been...

The national conference “The first step into science” will be held in Minsk on 24 January, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. More than 200 high school students, teachers and educators from all regions of Belarus will take part in the conference. This will be the first time the forum will be held in this format. At the plenary session, young scientists of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus will present reports on promising...