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Main / News / Republic
28.02.2020
The Energy Ministry has approved a concept of development of power-generating facilities and power grids for the period till 2030. The step is stipulated by Energy Ministry resolution No.7 of 25 February 2020, the ministry's press service told BelTA. The document is designed to implement Belarus' energy security concept and describes the basic scenario for developing the united power grid. The authors of the document had analyzed the main trends of international energy industry and the...
21.02.2020
Belarus’ urban population totals almost 7.3 million people, or 77.5% of the total population, Chairwoman of the National Statistics Committee of Belarus Inna Medvedeva told journalists on 20 February, BelTA has learned. “A total of 7,299,989 people live in urban areas. Rural population totals 2,113,457 people, or 22.5%,” Inna Medvedeva said. At the same time the census recorded a slight increase in the rural population over the data of records prior to the census. “There is a...
18.02.2020
Belarus might ban all types of disposable plastic tableware in public catering facilities in 2023, Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Aleksandr Korbut said at a press conference on 17 February, BelTA has learned. “An instantaneous full ban on the use of single-use plastic tableware is out of question: it will be a gradual transition, so that sectors and business have time to prepare. As from 1 January 2021, only some types of such tableware...
14.02.2020
The coaching staff of the Belarusian national biathlon team named the roster for the 2020 IBU World Championships Biathlon in Antholz, Italy, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Biathlon Federation. The 2020 IBU World Championships will take place on 13-23 February. The competitions will feature 12 medal events. Belarus will field Sergei Bocharnikov, Raman Yaliontau, Mikita Labastau, Anton Smolski and Maksim Varabei, and also Iryna Kryuko, Dzinara Alimbekava, Hanna Sola, Elena Kruchinkina...
07.02.2020
Members of the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission met on 6 February to polish the draft strategic guidelines on advancing Eurasian economic integration till 2025. An agreement was reached on several more items the document stipulates, the commission's press service told BelTA. Previously the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council instructed governments of the Eurasian Economic Union member states to get in touch with the Eurasian Economic Commission in order to polish the document and...

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