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...

The Skolkovo Foundation’s interaction with Belarus is not a one-sided game but cooperation, BelTA learned from Alexander Okunev, Skolkovo Foundation Deputy Vice President for Regional Development and Interaction with the CIS. According to Alexander Okunev, Belarusian-Russian projects and R&D products in the Skolkovo territory have a long and deep history. Belarusian companies rather actively participate in startup processes. Russian producers walk down the path of manufacturing...

     A battalion tactical exercise for army units of the Western Operational Command is taking place at the 230th combined-arms military exercise area, the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA. An assault on a population center using artillery and unmanned aerial vehicles was one of the stages of the exercise. Apart from that, the military personnel had to lay mines and place reactive obstacles in addition to using a mobile loudspeaker in order to demoralize the simulated enemy.

  There are plans to set up a center for additive technologies at premises of an industrial enterprise in Belarus. The center will take care of 3D printing parts and components for machines, vehicles, and equipment, BelTA learned from Ilya Kavelashvili, Director General of Rusatom - Additive Technologies, Rosatom’s integrator for additive manufacturing business, on the sidelines of the international forum Atomexpo in Sochi. Ilya Kavelashvili stressed that as a leader in the...

The Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP) has generated almost 27 billion kWh of electricity, Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich told the media on the sidelines of the Atomexpo International Forum in Sochi on 25 March, BelTA has learned. Belarus became the first foreign site where Rosatom State Corporation built a nuclear power plant with Generation 3+ water-water reactors. This is the most modern and high-tech project that meets high safety requirements. “Belarus...