Последние новости Belarus

Artisans try to preserve the traditions of hand weaving.A huge loom in the hall, looking like a museum one (from the abundance of exclusive products - author's note), not just decorate the room. Weavers of the Department of Crafts and Traditional Culture ValentynaSilvanovich and MariyaShilkovskaya spend a lot of time at it, perfecting their skills and reviving the patterns of half-forgotten authentic art.

Over 186,000 foreign nationals have visited Belarus without visas, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. “As of 00:00 on 15 August, 186,625 citizens of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland took advantage of Belarus' visa waiver program. Since 15 April when Belarus reopened border for visa waiver arrivals, 120,515 citizens of Lithuania, 14,602 non-citizens and 47,616 citizens of Latvia have visited Belarus,” the State Border Committee informed.

Enterprises should earn higher profits through a more efficient manufacturing process, rather than higher prices for socially important goods, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he toured Minsk Dairy Plant No. 1 on 12 August, BelTA has learned. Minsk Oblast Governor Aleksandr Turchin proposed to increase prices for some whole milk products. According to him, this will improve the economic situation of enterprises.

On 15 August Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decrees to formalize new appointments in the military bloc and the defense industry, BelTA learned from the presidential press service. Colonel Sergei Frolov was appointed Chief of the General Staff — First Deputy Commander of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Armed Forces. Major General Gennady Kozlovsky was relieved of his post as Chief of the Missile Forces and Artillery Command of the Armed Forces, Chief of the Missile Forces and Artillery Office of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and was dismissed from military service upon reaching the age limit to become a reserve officer with the right to wear military uniform and insignia.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko believes that Belarus can produce sunflower oil on its own. He shared his views on this matter as he visited the selection and seed complex of the Scientific and Practical Center for Arable Farming of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB), BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko asked the scientists whether it makes sense to expand the area under sunflower crops in Belarus. After all, this is about import substitution, as Belarus has to import sunflower oil.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.275 on granting Belarusian citizenship to 401 people, including 86 underage ones, the president's press service told BelTA. As many as 341 Ukrainians will receive Belarusian passports. Those are primarily individuals who came to Belarus from Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast and Lugansk Oblast.

Agriculture needs iron discipline, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he inspected the selection and seed complex of the Scientific and Practical Center for Arable Farming of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB), BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that for a high harvest it is important to observe the technologies in the strictest manner. In some places this is still not done, including because of the negligent attitude to the results of common labor. He noted that farmers treat their grain differently. «They treat it differently. They abide by technology. They are in the field working all the time. Meanwhile managers of state-held agricultural companies hold staff meetings and consider their job done,» the head of state said. «We need dictatorship. And we have it. Let's turn it on,” the president put it figuratively. “Let's turn on the administrative resource and make people work properly. It's time to start working really hard.» In the fields of the scientific and practical center, the conversation was about the cultivation of legumes. For example, lupine is a crop rich in protein, which is extremely important as part of the feed for animal husbandry. Aleksandr Lukashenko inquired scientists and officials about the work and prospects in this direction. Moreover, it is also a matter of import substitution.

Cooperation prospects in healthcare and mechanical engineering between Gomel Oblast and Cuba have been discussed at the meeting of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cuba to Belarus Santiago Perez Benitez with Gomel Oblast Deputy Governor Andrei Konyushko, BelTA informs. According to the diplomat, people in Cuba know about Gomel and they think highly of Belarus' achievements in the agricultural sector, both in production of farm products and in mechanical engineering. He noted that Cuba has been developing its own vaccines for more than 30 years. Now the development of COVID-19 vaccines is particularly relevant.

Belarusian agricultural workers have harvested malt barley on 44.4% of the areas, the Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA. As of 8 August the regional breakdown looks the following: 238,700ha (or 69% of the plan) were harvested in Brest Oblast, 81,600ha (22.5%) in Vitebsk Oblast, 172,600ha (49.8%) in Gomel Oblast, 101,200ha (33.2%) in Grodno Oblast, 167,700ha (37.4%) in Minsk Oblast, 102,500ha (30.9%) in Mogilev Oblast. All in all, 3,243,400 tonnes of grain were threshed in Belarus, with the average yield at 37.5 centners per hectare.

Clients have become more active, Chairman of the Board of the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus Aleksandr Yegorov said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA informs. “If we talk about export support, customers have become more active, of course. The rise in activity was achieved, among other things, due to amendments to Decree No. 534.

The Belarusian opposition has always seethed with internal bickering. Now these processes have become more public, Roman Protasevich said as he talked to the ONT TV channel on 4 August, BelTA has learned. «There was internal bickering among various opposition groups at the local level. Now these processes have become public.

Belarus insists on eliminating restrictions on the supply of potash fertilizers and putting this issue on the agenda of international structures that are making efforts to prevent a global food crisis, Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich told the media, BelTA has learned. The question addressed for the deputy minister of foreign affairs was related to the recent comments of UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan at a press conference in New York on the efforts made by the UN to eliminate obstacles to food and fertilizer supplies from Russia. Specifically, she said that the

Minsk is set to host a forum of patriotic forces on 9 August, BelTA learned from Chairman of the Belaya Rus public association Oleg Romanov. “A forum of patriotic forces will be held on the initiative of Belaya Rus in Minsk on 9 August. It will be attended by the main public associations and some political parties of Belarus. Their heads will speak at the forum,” said Oleg Romanov.

The current situation on the global food market is a chance for Belarus' agricultural sector, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during his working trip to Postavy District, Vitebsk Oblast on 5 August, BelTA has learned. “We discussed in detail the importance of this year's harvest campaign for Belarus at the last meeting. Issues were identified (there were many of them in Vitebsk Oblast, Gomel Oblast and Mogilev Oblast), and concrete solutions were proposed,” Aleksandr Lukashenko reminded. Tasks were set for the Agriculture and Food Ministry, as well as the entire power vertical — from governors to heads of district administrations.

The sovereignty and independence of Belarus are a constant, not up for any discussion, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he announced new appointments in Minsk on 1 August, BelTA has learned. «The main thing is economy.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko held a working meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to China Yuri Senko in Minsk on 1 August, BelTA has learned. «You have worked long enough in China to get some impression of what this empire is and to identify some additional opportunities for us in the People's Republic of China,» Aleksandr Lukashenko said. According to the president, special attention should be paid to trade and economic cooperation between the two countries and also to credit and financial interaction.

Belarus' harvest has reached 1,659,500 tonnes of grain, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 1 August, grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from 20.4% of the planned area (435,800 hectares).

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has given his take on the development of political parties as he announced personnel decisions, BelTA has learned. When appointing a new rector of Polotsk State University, Aleksandr Lukashenko mentioned that the previous head of the university, Oleg Romanov, was elected chairman of the Belaya Rus public association. “I appreciate that the former rector agreed to be elected the leader of, let's say frankly, our largest party (we call it a public association, organization, but this well-organized and structured association actually acts as a party without violating the law),” the president said.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has appointed Maksim Yermolovich Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration, BelTA has learned. He will take over this job from Dmitry Krutoi who has been appointed Belarus' ambassador to Russia. Maksim Yermolovich has until now worked as Ambassador of Belarus to the UK and concurrently to Ireland, as well as Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization.

Amid sanctions Belarus is developing import substitution in partnership with Russia and other EAEU countries, Belarusian First Deputy Economy Minister Yuri Chebotar said in an interview to Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned. “In Q1 2022 Belarus produced $2.7 billion of import substitution products. The figure is likely to make up $6.5 billion in H1 2022,” said Yuri Chebotar.

Belarus resolutely disagrees with the findings of the ICAO final report and the resolution of the ICAO Council of 18 July. The report is based on incomplete information, Denis Dovgalev, counselor of the Delegation of Belarus to the OSCE, said in response to the statement of the EU delegation at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The diplomat noted that Belarus did not plan to separately raise the issue of blatant injustice and bias related to the consideration of the report on the incident with flight Ryanair FR4978 in ICAO. The position of Belarus, its arguments are set out in detail in the document, which was distributed under SEC. DEL/331/22 on 27 July. «Since the European Union has decided to draw attention to this topic, we will also take this opportunity to comment on a number of key aspects of this case,» Denis Dovgalev said.

Belarus plans to increase the production of milk and meat, Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo said in an interview to ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned. “Belarus has not exported grain in recent years, as the country has been using a large amount of it in cattle breeding. The production in the agro-industrial complex is expected to grow by about 4.5% this year.

In view of a number of unfriendly moves by the United Kingdom that seek to inflict maximum damage to Belarusian nationals and legal entities, a decision has been taken to downgrade diplomatic relations with the UK to the level of charge d'affaires, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz told reporters, BelTA has learned. According to the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a full-fledged dialogue was debilitated by the unprecedented sanctions against Belarusian citizens, employees of enterprises, the Belarusian economy and the financial system, the restriction of the work of Belarusian journalists and mass media outlets, the groundless ban on Belavia flights and the unwarranted decision not to issue visas for Belarusian parliamentarians who planned to take part in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly meeting, as well as other illegal restrictive measures.

Belarus has every right to show the truth to the world, and it once again declares the inadmissibility of the findings of the ICAO report on the incident involving the Ryanair flight FR4978 and will consistently and persistently prove its innocence, Head of the Central Office of Multilateral Diplomacy of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Irina Velichko told BelTA. At the OSCE Permanent Council meeting on 28 July the Delegation of Belarus to the OSCE responded to the statement of the delegations of the EU and the USA.