Organizations of all types of ownership built about 10,500 apartments in Belarus in January-April 2023. As much as 1,069,800 m2 of housing was commissioned, the National Statistics Committee told BelTA. As much as 457,100m2 of housing or 42.7% of the total housing commissioned was commissioned for citizens on the housing register. As much as 342,200m2 of housing was built with state support. As much as 429,400m2 of housing was commissioned in rural areas or 40.1% of the total...

Belarus and Syria have reaffirmed their commitment to keep developing cooperation in social matters. This topic was discussed at a meeting between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Syria Yuri Sluka and Minister of Social Affairs and Labor of Syria Louai Emad El-Din al-Munajjid, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “The parties pointed to the high potential of bilateral relations and emphasized the need to step...

The output of agricultural products by agricultural producers of all types (agricultural companies, private farms and individuals) in January-April 2023 amounted to Br6.3 billion, up 3.7% year-on-year in comparable prices, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus. Agricultural companies made products worth Br6.1 billion, up 4.1% year-on-year in comparable prices. Agricultural producers of all types produced 595,700 tonnes of livestock and poultry in live...

Ten scientific organizations of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) will present about 80 R&D products and technologies at the 11th international arms and defense technology expo MILEX 2023, the NASB press service told BelTA. The R&D Center for Multipurpose Unmanned Systems will present a lineup of aerial vehicles. The Busel MKR drone is one of them. It is designed to provide video surveillance of areas and objects, accompany mobile objects and transmit video signal...

Belarus has hosted over 160,000 arrivals since the launch of the visa-waiver program for the neighboring EU countries, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Since 1 January 2023, Belarus has hosted 160,383 visa-waiver travelers from the neighboring countries of the European Union: 106,257 citizens of Lithuania, 30,974 citizens and 9,060 non-citizens of Latvia, and 14,092 Polish citizens. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program for the neighboring countries...