The fifth Rosatom scientific and educational expedition Icebreaker of Knowledge has reached the North Pole on the nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Years of Victory (50 Let Pobedy). This year, for the first time the expedition has brought together international participants, including from Belarus, BelTA has learned from Rosatom's country office in Belarus. The expedition participants took their national flags to the top of the planet. Immediately after landing on the ice, Ruslan...

Belarusian farmers have gathered in over 7.4 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, the Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA. As of 17 August as much as 7.484 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed) was harvested. The figure includes 6.417 million tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops (93.6% of the area under these crops, with yields at 33 centners per hectare) and 1.067 million tonnes of rapeseed (91.5% of the area under these crops, with yields at 29.2 centners per...

The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its sincere condolences to colleagues, family and friends of late Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syrian Arab Republic to Belarus Mohammad Aloumrani, BelTA has learned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. "The ambassador made a significant contribution to friendly Belarus-Syria relations and important bilateral projects," the ministry said. According to Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.323 on 13 August to amend decree No.437 on forestry management and timber sales of 23 November 2020, the press service of the head of state told BelTA. The document allows legal persons, which are engaged in forestry management and report to the Belarus President Property Management Directorate, to sell commercial timber to natural persons in harvested format without involving the commodity exchange at manufacturer’s prices...

The State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus together with interested ministries and government agencies continues the work on advancing cooperation with the Russian state nuclear industry corporation Rosatom, the committee’s press service told BelTA. A working meeting took place at premises of the State Committee on Science and Technology. New promising avenues were discussed for expanding interaction within the framework of a complex program on Belarus-Russia...