Lyuban Regional Executive Committee

Belarus is considering easing residence permit rules for citizens of the Baltic states and Poland, BelTA learned from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus. More than 164,000 people have visited Belarus as part of the visa-waiver program for citizens of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland that was launched in April. The ministry noted an increase in the number of permanent residence permit applications, especially from the foreigners with Belarusian roots. These are people who used to...

There is enough milk in the domestic market, but there are difficulties with tetra pak packaging due to the sanctions, Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Vadim Shagoiko told the media in Minsk on 4 August, BelTA has learned.  The dairy industry fully meets the domestic demand in milk. "With the production at 7.8 million tonnes of milk last year, we consumed about 3 million tonnes. The rest was exported. This year, the production is increasing. Milk is processed. We produce...

Belarus has harvested 2 million tonnes of grain so far, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.  “As of early 3 August the grain harvest in the country reached 1,944,000 tonnes. The figure will be considerably higher by the end of the day,” the press service said.  Grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) have been cropped from 24.4% of the targeted area. Harvesting was completed on 45.4% of the area...

Belarusian scientists intend to expand academic partnerships with the UAE, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates to Belarus Ibrahim Salim Mohamed Almusharrekh on 1 August, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Academy of Sciences.  “The Academy of Sciences would like to collaborate with the United Arab Emirates. We have common...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to China Yuri Senko gave his take on how Belarus' role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will change after the country becomes its full-fledged member as he spoke to the media on 1 August, BelTA has learned.  The ambassador recalled that Belarus' steps towards the SCO began in 2010 with the status of a partner of the organization. In 2015 the country became its observer. “It's been 12 years since we are participants...