The task is to reach a gross grain harvest of 9-10 million tonnes in the near term, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a working visit to Mogilev Oblast on 20 June, BelTA has learned. Upon arrival at the field with different varieties of winter barley sown as an experiment, the head of state stressed that today is a historic and crucial moment in agriculture. The president said that he grew up in these places at the junction of Mogilev Oblast and Vitebsk Oblast and here he...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is starting a new week with a working trip to his native land - the agricultural town of Alexandria, Shklov District - where he will discuss the state and prospects of the country's agricultural industry, BelTA informs. “The president's famous experimental fields are located there. These fields are known for novel crops and the use of the latest in technology. This is the standard of agriculture in Belarus. The president will check how crops are...

It is necessary to clearly define the form of admission tests to universities, since centralized testing has both advantages and disadvantages, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he heard out a report on the integration of biology and medicine, BelTA has learned.  “This problem bothers me all the time. To be honest, I can't sleep because of this centralized testing as I keep asking myself whether this is an efficient way to select the best enrollees. Frankly speaking,...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.203 “On selling potash fertilizers,” the press service of the head of state told BelTA. The document is designed to expand the types of currencies, which can be used to pay the export customs duty on potash fertilizers. The decree allows paying the export customs duty on potash fertilizers in Russian rubles, Chinese yuans, U.S. dollars, and euros. The decree also authorized the Council of Ministers to make decisions on...

We cannot be confined to the national borders in microelectronics. We must work in close cooperation with Russia, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a government session to discuss the development of the microelectronic industry in the country in Minsk on 14 June, BelTA has learned. "We cannot stay confined to national borders. This will not yield the desired effect," the Belarusian leader stressed speaking about the microelectronics development prospects. “We need to...

The state of things and development prospects of the State Security Committee (KGB) of Belarus were discussed at a meeting hosted by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, BelTA has learned.  The president heard out reports of the head of the Belarus President Administration, the state secretary of the Security Council and the chairman of the KGB.  “It is time for us to take a serious look at our main special service - the KGB. It is clear that the situation in the world has...