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The Commission on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia will convene for a meeting in Minsk on 29 November, BelTA learned from the PA press service. "The meeting participants are set to discuss the progress towards the creation of a media company of the Union State, tariffs for the use of communication and data transmission services on the territory of the Union State and the information...

Belarus and Kazakhstan signed contracts worth over $90 million following a working visit of Kazakhstan's government delegation to Belarus on 14 November, BelTA learned from the government's press service. The prime ministers of Belarus and Kazakhstan have agreed to compare notes on all the agreements reached following the talks during their next meeting. Kazakhstan's delegation headed by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov arrived in Belarus on a working visit. On 14 November, the delegation...

Representatives of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) and the Pakistan Mercantile Exchange (PMEX) held online negotiations to discuss cooperation in exchange trading on the spot and derivatives markets and mutually beneficial joint projects in these areas, BelTA learned from the press service of BUCE. During the negotiations, the parties pointed out that the two exchanges can complement each other, opening up great prospects for the exchange of best practices. As a futures...

A total of 10.3 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been threshed in Belarus, Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Vladimir Grakun told a press conference on 12 November, BelTA has learned. According to Vladimir Grakun, the ability of Belarusian farmers to make the best use of the accumulated experience and changing weather conditions helps them get stable harvests. “This year is no exception. Grain figures have increased. In general, some 10.3 million tonnes of...

According to the latest data, Belarusian farmers have harvested 154,400 tonnes of vegetables, with the yields (exclusive of peas) at 360.8 centners per hectare. A total of 5,270 hectares of areas were cleared, which is 99.8% of the plan, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. Sugar beet harvest is 97.8% complete, with 101,600 hectares cleared. Farmers harvested over 5 million tonnes of sugar beet, with yields averaging 488 centners per hectare. The harvesting of...

Tula Oblast intends to buy 17 MAZ trucks in 2025, the press service of Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ trademark) told BelTA. Governor of Russia’s Tula Oblast Dmitry Milyayev visited MAZ the other day. Promising avenues of cooperation were discussed in detail at a meeting with MAZ Director General Valery Ivankovich. The avenues of cooperation had been identified at a meeting of the Tula Oblast governor and Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Those are manufacturing cooperation and the...