Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States are interested in Belarus' experience of peaceful uses of nuclear technologies. Belarusian Deputy Energy Minister Mikhail Mikhadyuk made the statement before a session of the Commission of the CIS Member States on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, BelTA has learned.

Most of the operations of the ongoing scheduled preventive repair of the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant have been finished. Belarusian Deputy Energy Minister Mikhail Mikhadyuk made the statement before a session of the Commission of the CIS Member States on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, BelTA has learned.

Belarus' national budget 2024 bill passed the second reading at a sitting of the tenth session of the House of Representatives of the seventh convocation, BelTA has learned.

Russian investment in the real sector of the Belarusian economy increased by a third in H1 2023 compared with the same stretch a year ago, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Belarus-Russia Union State in Moscow on 29 November, BelTA has learned.

When visiting Minsk Automobile Plant in April 2016 Belarusian Preisdent Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “MAZ, BelAZ, and Motovelo are the calling cards of Belarus. We have no right to let these companies go out of business. I'd like to tell sceptics and those who don't believe it today: MAZ will keep going, including in my time and the time after me. Keeping these and other enterprises running is a matter of honor for me, as the president. Where will your children work? We belong here, to this land. We must think about how to keep jobs for our children. Therefore, let's roll up our sleeves and work harder to keep MAZ in business.”

Belarus offers great opportunities for Pakistani investors and business, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan to Belarus Sajjad Haider Khan said at the Gomel Economic Forum, BelTA has learned.

Young scientists of different countries should team up and should implement joint projects. Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov made the statement during the international scientific conference of young scientists Youth in Science 2023, BelTA has learned.

A coordinating conference took place in the Central House of Officers in Minsk to discuss the organization of applications of a united system for radar-based friend-or-foe identification, representatives of the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA.

In January-July 2023 retail turnover totaled Br42.1 billion, up 5.2% year-on-year in comparable prices, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee.

The output by all types of agricultural producers (state-run enterprises, private farms, subsidiary plots of individuals) totaled Br14 billion in January-July 2023, up by 5.2% year-on-year in comparable prices, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus.