The present Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov brought from New York for Belarus president’s Press Secretary Natalya Eismont was shown on the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned. Last week Maksim Ryzhenkov took part in the UN General Assembly. He brought an unusual present for Natalya Esimont from New York - a chocolate bar depicting U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on its cover. “These are the kind of presents the foreign minister brings from the UN...

The international exhibition and fair of light industry goods BelTexIndustry or BTI 2024 has kicked off at the exhibition complex on Pobeditelei Avenue in Minsk. The expo will be running for three days, BelTA has learned. The BTI exhibition has established itself as a unique showcase event for new products and trends of the upcoming fashion season, a venue for holding business meetings and signing contracts and agreements. The business program of the exhibition includes seminars and...

The winners and finalists of the second international climate competition Green Eurasia were awarded in Yerevan at the Eurasian Economic Forum, BelTA learned from the press service of the Eurasian Economic Commission. A total of 57 best climate practices from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Iran, Egypt, Indonesia and Uzbekistan were named winners and finalists of the competition in 15 nominations. The electric truck C45700 VITOVT Truck Electro Prime by the Belarusian...

Work to enforce the agreement between Belarus and Russia on the mutual recognition of visas is on the home stretch, Belarusian Deputy Sport and Tourism Minister Oleg Andreichik told the media ahead of the second meeting of the working group on tourism in the Union State, BelTA learned. Belarus and Russia have already ratified the agreement on mutual recognition of visas. Now the agencies and departments concerned are working through technical issues. "The process of enforcing the agreement...

Belarus has always been a peace-loving state that values good-neighborly relations and friendship between peoples, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic, National Coordinator for the Sustainable Development Goals Sergei Khomenko said at the UN Summit of the Future in New York, BelTA has learned. “Belarus is a country located in the very center of Europe, populated by peaceful, hard-working people with their own values and native traditions. Belarus has a centuries-old history,...

The ideas of peace, security, protection from external threats and creation have become both a domestic political foundation and the basis of foreign policy of Belarus, Belarusian Defense Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin said as he spoke at the 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Defense Ministry. Presenting his report, the minister shared the formula of a just world, which is not divided into East and West, in which the voice of each state is...