Almost 127,000 foreign nationals have visited Belarus without visas since 1 January 2024, BelTA has learned from the State Border Committee.

Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang will pay a visit to Belarus soon, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a meeting on international issues in Minsk on 29 July, BelTA has learned.

Over 4.8 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been threshed in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

On 24 July, when Aleksandr Lukashenko was inspecting the state of harvesting in Minsk District, he was addressed as “Mr. President, sir”. “Don’t call me ‘sir’, I am not the kind of person whom you would call ‘sir’,” the head of state said.

Since 1 January of this year, a total of 76,280 nationals of Ukraine have entered Belarus, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko had a telephone conversation with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on 24 July, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Manufacturers of polymer packaging and absorbent carbon from Russia’s Perm Territory plan to register with the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE), BelTA learned from the BUCE press service.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is inspecting harvesting progress at the Voskhod agricultural enterprise on 24 July, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian tractor manufacturer MTZ is considering the possibility of organizing assembly facility of BELARUS tractors in Vietnam, BelTA learned from the MTZ press service.

On 23 July Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 298 on the appointment and dismissal of judges, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

A total of 3.49 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as the country celebrates Revolution Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The first million tonnes of peat have been extracted in Belarus since the beginning of the season, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Energy Ministry.

Over 2.9 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been cropped in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Belarus and Nicaragua are set to expand trade and economic ties. Prospects for bilateral cooperation were discussed at a meeting between Belarusian First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lukashevich and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua Denis Moncada Colindres, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian ministry of foreign affairs.

Poland and Lithuania do not like the policy pursued by our president and our government, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov said on the air of the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned.

More than 700 units of Belarusian equipment will be delivered to Nicaragua, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Laureano Facundo Ortega Murillo, Nicaragua's Presidential Adviser on Investment, Trade and International Cooperation, BelTA has learned.

On 17 July Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko approved another decision of the board of the special fund of the Belarusian president for the social support of gifted students, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.