Scientists of Belarus and Russia intend to expand cooperation for the sake of ensuring the technological sovereignty of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, the press service of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus told BelTA after a session of the interacademy council of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on the development of the Union State of Belarus and Russia.  First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of...

The 13th meeting of the Coordinating Council for Emergencies of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states with the participation of the emergencies ministers of the CSTO member states took place in Moscow on 18 August. Belarusian Emergencies Minister Vadim Sinyavsky attended the meeting as well, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry.  The event was also attended by Emergencies Minister of Armenia Armen Pambukhchyan, Emergencies...

A total of 683 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus over the past three days, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee.  According to the Belarusian border service, Ukrainian nationals keep coming to Belarus from the Ukrainian territory via the countries of the European Union. From 6.00 on 19 August to 6.00 on 22 August some 683 Ukrainians cross the Belarusian border. Of them 521 Ukrainians entered Belarus from Poland, 145 – from Lithuania and 14 from Lithuania. Three...

We must prevent a man-made catastrophe of a planetary scale, Chairwoman of the Standing Commission on Economy, Budget and Finance Tatiana Runets of the Council of the Republic told BelTA while commenting on the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP).  "Ukraine's shelling of the ZNPP, which is under the control of Russian troops, has recently been of particular concern all over the world. Moreover, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been shelling the power units proper...

CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev and Director of the Europe and Central Asia Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross Ariane Bauer exchanged views on the humanitarian situation in the CSTO areas of responsibility and border areas in the context of growing international tensions at a meeting in Moscow, BelTA learned from the CSTO press service. "The parties reaffirmed commitment to developing cooperation between the CSTO and the ICRC in key areas of international...

In order to encourage more Indian tourists to visit Belarus it is necessary to shoot a Bollywood movie here, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Republic of Belarus Alok Ranjan Jha said answering journalists' questions, BelTA has learned.  The ambassador emphasized that Belarus and India have everything in place to ramp up mutual tourist traffic. Naturally, the COVID-19 pandemic delivered a serious blow to the travel industry, but even in...