In January-October 2024, Belarus' industrial output amounted to Br168.1 billion in current prices, up by 6.2% in comparable prices year-on-year, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus. The mining industry expanded by 4% and the processing industry - by 6.3% year-on-year. The industries producing electricity, gas, steam, hot water, and conditioned air reported a 6.4% increase in the output. The industries providing water supply, waste collection, waste...

MINSK, 15 November (BelTA) – The agricultural output by all types of agricultural producers (state-run enterprises, private farms, subsidiary plots of individuals) reached Br32.1 billion in Belarus in January-October 2024, up by 3.2% year-on-year in comparable prices, BelTA has learned from the National Statistics Committee. Agricultural enterprises manufactured Br25.6 billion worth of products, up by 4.9% in comparable prices year-on-year. The enterprises of all categories...

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov received a copy of the credentials of Ambassador-Designate of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the Republic of Belarus (with residence in Moscow) Thit Linn Ohn, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, the parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of the Belarusian-Myanmar relations, including current arrangements of the upcoming...

Grodno will host a meeting of the permanent seminar on the  Union State development at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia on 20-21 November. The topic of the meeting is "State policy in culture within the framework of the Union State in the context of geopolitical changes", BelTA learned from the PA press service. "The meeting will consider topical issues of the development of cultural and humanitarian space, the coordinated policy and the...

The status of the agreements reached at the level of heads of state and parliaments was reviewed during a web-based meeting between the working group on cooperation with the Parliament of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam of the National Assembly of Belarus and Vietnamese parliamentarians on 12 November, BelTA has learned. The parties also discussed the plans for inter-parliamentary interaction for 2025, including exchange of visits, facilitating the entry into force of the visa...