A session of the expert group under the conference of defense ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 27 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.

Belarus wants to show its potential and hospitality during the Belarus-Uzbekistan Women's Business Forum, Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova told reporters, 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.

Wednesday, 26 July 2023 09:18

Belarus, Oman sign air transport agreement

An air transport agreement between the government of Belarus and the government of Oman was signed by Director of the Aviation Department of the Belarusian Transport Ministry Igor Golub and Head of the Civil Aviation Authority Naif Ali Hamed Al Abri of Oman in the city of Muscat, BelTA learned from the press service of the Transport Ministry.

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.

Young people from other countries want to study at Belarusian universities, as it is prestigious, Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova told reporters following the meeting of the National Council of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions of the Republic of Belarus that was hosted by the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, BelTA has learned.

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