Planting in Belarus is to be completed by 9 May, Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Vladimir Grakun said at a press conference, BelTA has learned. Vladimir Grakun specified that agricultural workers will try to complete the spring sowing of early grain and leguminous crops within the next seven days, and the southern regions will finish this work by the end of the week. After that, the sowing of spring rapeseed and corn will begin. Planting of flax and sugar beets has already...

The training of top-qualification personnel plays the key role in forming the manufacturing potential, the economic potential, the intellectual potential, and the spiritual potential of Belarus. The country’s Prosecutor General Andrei Shved made the statement during an international science and practice roundtable session on topical matters concerning the legal regulation and law enforcement aspects in the preparation and defense of qualifying research papers (dissertations) at...

Belarus views any encroachment on diplomatic facilities, the inviolability of which is guaranteed by the Vienna Conventions, as absolutely inadmissible, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BelTA commenting on the incident with the Iranian consulate in Syria. As BelTA reported earlier, an airstrike on 1 April destroyed the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital. The attack killed 11 people, including two generals and five military advisers of the Iranian Armed...

The Turkish company Southwind Airlines has canceled Minsk-Istanbul flights, the National Union of Tourist Organizations reports. The decision came as the airline was banned from EU airspace. According to the National Union of Tourist Organizations, some Belarusian tourists have already been flown out of Istanbul. Tourists are transported by various airlines, including Belavia, Azur Air, and Aeroflot. A reminder, cancellations and delays of flights were first reported on 30...

The children’s music band Rhapsody from Moldova, who was stuck at the Belarusian border for two days, has returned home safely, BelTA learned from Aleksandra Podolskaya, mother of one of the musicians. Aleksandra Podolskaya said: “Everything is fine. We are now home and finally have an opportunity to get enough sleep. We arrived at about four in the morning.” She added that her husband and her cat rejoiced the most when they came back. The kids performed in Poland first and...