Large-scale work was carried out in Belarus in 2022 to preserve and augment the country's historical and cultural heritage, Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko said at the collegium of the Culture Ministry that reviewed the state of things in culture in 2022 and set the tasks for 2023. The meeting took place at the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History, BelTA has learned. “The analysis suggests that a lot was done by cultural workers...

Russia's Leningrad Oblast is interested in the passenger vehicles made by the Belarusian automobile manufacturer MAZ, BelTA learned from the MAZ press service. A delegation led by the head of the Russia's Leningrad Oblast Committee on Transport Mikhail Prisiazhniuk visited MAZ to explore its vehicles and manufacturing facilities. The delegation also included representatives of the regional carrier companies. “We are about to launch the transport reform. Thus we are studying...

The National Center for Marketing and the Global India Business Forum held a video conference on the prospects for cooperation between Belarus and India in science, technology, education and information technology, BelTA learned from the press service of the center. During the event, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus presented the latest developments, including for healthcare, water purification and agriculture. The Chemical Synthesis and Biotechnology research center...

  Despite Lithuania's latest actions, the Belarusian customs service will continue to take all measures to ensure prompt clearance of transport at the border, BelTA learned from the Belarusian State Customs Committee. In 2019, at the initiative of the customs and border services of Belarus, an agreement was signed with Lithuania on cross-border cooperation in order to increase the capacity of checkpoints, eliminate queues and ensure uninterrupted flow of transport across the customs...

  The unemployment rate in the Eurasian Economic Union decreased by almost 19% in 2022, official representative of the Eurasian Economic Commission Iya Malkina said at a briefing for the press in Moscow on 16 February, BelTA has learned. “The number of unemployed people registered with the EAEU employment services at the year-end of 2022 totaled 824,300 and decreased by almost 18.7% year-on-year,” Iya Malkina said. “The number of the unemployed accounted for 0.9% of the...