Enterprises affiliated with the Industry Ministry of Belarus posted a production growth of more than 4% in H1 2024, First Deputy Industry Minister Aleksandr Ogorodnikov said at a meeting of the board of the Industry Ministry to discuss the ministry's performance in January-June 2024, BelTA learned from the press service of the Industry Ministry. Aleksandr Ogorodnikov said that the Industry Ministry is on track to meet almost all the targets set by the government for the first half of...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is inspecting harvesting progress at the Voskhod agricultural enterprise on 24 July, BelTA has learned. Following the recent conference where harvesting issues were discussed in detail, the president is studying the situation on the ground. The Voskhod state enterprise is located in the suburbs of Minsk. This is a multi-business company that specializes in the production of milk, cattle meat, feed, potatoes, grains, rapeseed, corn,...

Belarus and Russia’s Amur Oblast will work to develop exchange trade in agricultural products, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE). Following the visit of business representatives from Amur Oblast to the BUCE, the parties outlined priority areas for the development of exchange trade between Belarus and the Russian region. According to the parties, taking into account the characteristics of the economies of Belarus and Amur Oblast,...

The third qualifying round draw took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 22 July, BelTA has learned. In the UEFA Champions League FC Dinamo Minsk will face PFC Ludogorets 1945, and if successful, will take on either Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) or Qarabag FK (AZE). Belarus will play Bulgaria in Razgrad on 24 July, and in Mezokovesd, Hungary on 31 July.  In the UEFA Conference League FC Neman Grodno will play CFR Cluj (ROU) and, if successful, will face the loser...

Over 2.9 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been cropped in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 21 July, 2.907 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed) was harvested, which includes over 2 million tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops and 851,000 tonnes of winter rapeseed. Gomel Oblast and Brest Oblast are finishing harvesting winter rapeseed (99.7% and 98.5% respectively). The regional breakdown is the following: Brest Oblast...