Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, First Deputy Defense Minister of Belarus, Major-General Pavel Muraveiko met with Military Attaché of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Belarus Ularbek Abykeyev, representatives of the Defense Ministry told BelTA. Pavel Muraveiko and Ularbek Abykeyev discussed matters of bilateral military cooperation. The parties confirmed the readiness to continue providing active assistance with reinforcing the friendly ties between the defense ministries of...

State Secretary of the Belarus-Russia Union State Dmitry Mezentsev and State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich held a working meeting in Minsk on 8 August, BelTA has learned. The parties considered topical issues of bilateral cooperation in security within the framework of the Union State. In particular, it was noted that joint work on the draft Security Concept of the Belarus-Russia Union State had been completed in pursuance of the...

Belarusian Education Minister Andrei Ivanets revealed some preliminary results of the 2024 university admissions process as he spoke to the media on 5 August, BelTA has learned. “This year's entrance scores for a number of specialties are quite high, despite the fact that the total number of free-tuition places has been increased by almost 3,000, primarily for the most demanded specialties - teaching, engineering and healthcare,” Andrei Ivanets said. “Today, as promised, we have given...

More than 6.1 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been threshed in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 5 August, 6.178 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed) was harvested, which includes 5.127 million tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops and 1.051 tonnes of winter rapeseed. The regional breakdown is the following: Minsk Oblast harvested 1.634 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed), Brest Oblast 1.449 million tonnes, Grodno...

More bountiful harvest of cereals is expected in Belarus this year in comparison with the previous one. Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Shuleiko made the relevant statement during a ceremony held to honor Brest Oblast farmers for passing the 1 million tonnes of grain milestone, BelTA has learned. Yuri Shuleiko said: “The country expects a record-high harvest. It is more significant than last year’s. We understand we will get over 1 million tonnes of extra grain. It is very important...

Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Igor Sergeyenko met with Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization Khusrav Noziri in Tehran on 31 July, BelTA learned from the press service of the House of Representatives. The Economic Cooperation Organization is a regional interstate economic organization formed in 1985 by the countries of Central Asia and the Middle East and is the successor of the Regional Cooperation...