Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

On-farm livestock mortality should be eradicated; calves from negligent farms should be transferred to farms where they will be taken good care of, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a visit to the Olekshitsy agricultural enterprise in Berestovitsa District on 3 August, BelTA has learned.

Belarus heavily relies on work of rural dwellers, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with residents of the Belovezhsky agricultural town in Kamenets District, Brest Oblast, BelTA has learned.

We need to make a wider use of domestic seeds in agriculture, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told farmers during a working trip to Kamenets District, Brest Oblast, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.240 on international insurance of automobiles on 31 July, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko inspected progress of the harvesting campaign in the country on Sunday, 30 July, BelTA has learned.

The special fund of the Belarus president has allocated over Br370,000 for encouraging gifted school students and university students as well as the pedagogues, who train them. The relevant decision of the fund has been approved by an executive order of Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko, BelTA has learned.

Last year when inspecting an experimental field in his hometown in Shklov District the head of state said that today is a historic and crucial moment in agriculture and that the country will pay an increased focus on winter barley. After that, this crop became a thing in the mass media and expert community. Is winter barley really a revolutionary crop for the country's agricultural industry? In the new episode of BelTA's YouTube project "After the Fact: Lukashenko's Decisions" we will tell your whether the opinion of the head of state changed regarding this crop.

On 25 July Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko concluded a working visit to Russia where he went on 22 July. The details and results of the presidential trip are in our article about the super-packed working week of the head of state.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated current and retired employees of emergency agencies on their professional holiday, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The governments of Belarus and Russia should draw up an economic plan relying on the countries' own forces, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on 23 July, BelTA has learned.