A fuel pellet plant was opened in Kalinino, Gomel District on 15 April, BelTA has learned. The new enterprise is designed to make over 20,000 tonnes of fuel pellets per annum. It will allow the Gomel experimental forestry enterprise to complete the wood processing cycle and make a more expensive product that sells well on foreign markets. Gomel Oblast Governor Ivan Krupko noted that three existing pellet enterprises in Gomel Oblast already make a total of 69,000 tonnes of fuel pellets...

The CIS headquarters played host to a meeting of the working group on the integration of national e-health systems of the CIS member states on 14 April. The main issue on the agenda was the implementation of the roadmap for the CIS transboundary cooperation in telehealth consulting, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.  Experts from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, and Tajikistan as well as representatives of the Eurasian Economic...

Belarus' consulate general will soon open in the city of Mumbai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Republic of Belarus Alok Ranjan Jha said as he spoke at a festive event to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Republic of India and the Republic of Belarus on 13 April, BelTA has learned. The diplomat pointed to the importance of Belarus' bigger presence in India. He welcomed significant progress in bilateral cooperation...

A regular session of an expert council took place in the upper chamber of the Belarusian parliament under the leadership of Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova. Improvement of regulations governing the provision and use of gratuitous (sponsor) aid was on the agenda, BelTA has learned.  The experts agreed that it is time to update the current procedures for granting and using sponsor aid while preserving the concept intact. Two...

Belarusian pharmaceutical companies are taking part in the 26th Tashkent International Healthcare Exhibition (TIHE 2022) that is running in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 12-14 April, BelTA informs citing the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. Taking part in the exhibition are enterprises that make part of the Belpharmprom holding company (Belmedpreparaty, Ekzon, Minskintercaps). They showcase their products at a collective stand. These products include well-known medicines and new...

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia is launching direct flights to Kazan and Yekaterinburg of Russia, BelTA learned from the press service of the airline. Flights to Kazan will be operated twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, flights to Yekaterinburg – twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Extension of flight cancellations to Krasnodar is still valid through 29 April, to Tel Aviv through 17 April. Written by:  belta.by