Consumer societies remain relevant despite the changing working environment, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the general meeting of the Belarusian National Union of Consumer Societies Belkoopsoyuz on 8 October, BelTA informs.
Over 1,500 haulers were queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 8.00 on 7 October, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.
The Belarusian Consulate opened its office in Vladivostok, the Russian Federation. The ceremony was attended by Primorsky Krai Governor Oleg Kozhemyako and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko, TASS informs.
For a hundred years, Belarusian State University (BSU) concluded more than 500 agreements with universities from 59 countries, BelTA learned from the press service of the university.
Belarusian agricultural and processing industries are set to export foodstuffs worth more than $6 billion this year, Belarus' Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Aleksei Bogdanov told the STV TV channel, BelTA has learned.
At least 25,000 foreign students from more than 100 countries are enrolled in major and additional programs in Belarus, Belarusian Education Minister Igor Karpenko said during the plenary session of the international educational forum of foreign graduates of Belarusian (Soviet) and CIS universities, BelTA has leaned.
Some 7.3% of winter crops are left to plant in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.
On 6 October Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova met with Ukrainian politicians Aleksandr Moroz, Aleksei Berezhnoi and Vasily Tsushko, BelTA has learned.
