Festive events dedicated to the 170th anniversary of Belarus' fire service were held in Minsk. On the site near the Sports Palace Minskers saw a parade of retro and modern fire vehicles, units of the Emergencies Ministry, veterans, athletes, representatives of the voluntary fire society, young rescuers-firefighters and a combined orchestra who marched along Pobeditelei Avenue from Freedom Square to the Sports Palace. belta.by

Minsk Oblast's example of how a dairy complex should be built will be adopted across the entire country. Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo mentioned it during a conference held at premises of the newly built dairy complex Bolshiye Novoselki of Borisov Bread Products Company, BelTA has learned. Igor Brylo noted: “Borisov Bread Products Company could have built a more expensive complex but they came up with the optimal variant that we are going to adopt across the entire...

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 international and regional security in the context of the...

Winter barley has been gathered from 92.8% of area, the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA. As of 19 July, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 160,600 hectares, which is 8.11% of the designated area. Winter barley was harvested from 142,100ha of land (92.8% of the harvested acreage), with 496,300 tonnes threshed (the average yield stood at 34.9 centners per hectare). Winter rapeseed for grain was gathered...

The Grand Prix of the International Song Contest Vitebsk went to Armenian singer Masha Mnjoyan. The award was presented to the winner on the stage of the Summer Amphitheater during the closing ceremony of the Slavianski Bazaar festival. The closing concert was co-located with the second competition day when young performers sang an international hit. The first prize went to Belarus' Samir Yolchiev. The second prize went to Elizaveta Slyshkina of Russia and Agape of Italy. The third place was...

The International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar has officially closed in Vitebsk, BelTA has learned. Small replicas of the hosts, amazing artists and a constellation of stars – that is how the audience will remember the closing gala concert of the Slavianski Bazaar festival. The participants of the International Pop Song Performers Contest Vitebsk sang on a fantastically decorated stage backed up by the show-ballet Sensation. Kudos to the directors of this unforgettable show who...