Over 5m Russian tourists visit Belarus in 2023
More than 5 million Russian tourists visited Belarus in 2023, Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister Oleg Andreichik said.
More than 5 million Russian tourists visited Belarus in 2023, Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister Oleg Andreichik said.
In Q1 2024 Belarus’ passenger traffic totaled 5,498.5 million passenger-kilometers, up by 8.3% year-on-year.
Agricultural enterprises manufactured Br4.638 billion worth of products, up by 7.2% in comparable prices year-on-year.
The country is food self-sufficient. But, as I told industrialists, this is not enough. We can always do more, the president said.
The breeding experiment has been going on in three farms for several years and is yielding good results. Red cows are superior in terms of milk yield to traditional black-and-white breeds.
"Our country has achieved certain successes in terms of energy intensity. Compared to 2000, this figure has been reduced by more than two times. In the EAEU countries, the pace is much slower. For example, Belarus is followed by Kazakhstan that reduced energy security by about 1.2 times compared to 2000," Vitaly Kretsky noted.
"The indicator of our energy independence, taking into account the BelNPP, is already 27.5%. Increasing the share of domestic energy resources in the fuel consumption mix plays a significant role in achieving this indicator. These are mainly biomass, peat, and renewables. The share of domestic energy resources stands at 17.4% (excluding energy from the BelNPP)," Vitaly Kretsky noted.
As of 1 April, a total of 83,685 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 67,998 applied to use the money to improve housing conditions, 9,269 to receive healthcare services, 6,413 to pay for education and five to buy health products for disabled people.
The parties discussed practical steps to develop the Belarus-Eswatini political dialogue and economic cooperation and outlined a specific action plan to create a legal framework for bilateral relations.
In March 2024 the industrial production index equaled 105.3% over March 2023, and 107.1% over February 2024.
The Belarusian People's Congress will determine the course for strategic development of society and the state, Chairman of the Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko said at a meeting of the Belarusian Central Election Commission.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko suggested creating a modern poultry breeding and genetics center as he hosted a meeting to discuss rural development and efficiency of the agricultural sector, BelTA has learned.
We need a 10-year strategy for the development of ultra-modern pig breeding farms in Belarus. The strategy should embrace all kinds of things: advanced genetics, feeds, environmental friendliness parameters. The goals are extra-ambitious: in-depth processing and export promotion, the president emphasized
“We need to look into this matter again. I feel that the worse an enterprise performs, the more support it gets. Then why would they want to work better? It’s just a waste of money,” said the head of state.
Domestic food is supplied to more than 107 countries. The country earned almost $7.5 billion in 2023. "This is despite a sharp drop in world prices," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
The strategy to augment agricultural enterprises has proved to be effective and this work should be completed by 2023, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he hosted a meeting to discuss rural development and efficiency of the agricultural sector, BelTA has learned.
The head of state urged attentions to the processing sector. "We need to take a course for in-depth processing of raw materials, which creates high added value. Everything should be processed without exception," the Belarusian leader stressed.
According to him, another factor contributing to the labor shortage was the decision to credit the army service as the required work period on post-graduate job. "We will revisit this issue as well," Aleksandr Lukashenko said.
The head of state called discipline a key factor of success for any business. That said, law enforcement agencies report that the agricultural sector has the biggest number of violations of labor discipline.
“The government traditionally blames unfavorable weather conditions. Governors double down on this. However, we must admit that the weather was not the only thing to blame,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
Our strategic goal is to set up a high-tech, profitable agricultural sector. It is vital we maximize the potential of our agricultural industry, to tackle the current problems, to think about tomorrow and even the day after tomorrow, the Belarusian leader said.
At the first sitting, the Belarusian People's Congress will elect the chairman, his deputy, and members of the Presidium. The agenda of the Belarusian People's Congress shall include the National Security Concept and the Military Doctrine," Igor Karpenko said
Agricultural workers need to produce about 10 million tonnes of grain, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss rural development and efficiency of the agricultural sector, BelTA has learned.
"The Belarusian mechanical engineering can meet all your needs, especially in cooperation with the Russians. But it's time we upgraded the country's machine and tractor fleet. Today, agrarians (not only domestic ones) need machines with high throughput, more powerful tractors, harvesters, feed distributors and so on," the president said.
"It is high time the agricultural sector moved to a new technological level, introduced precision farming technologies and create a favorable environment for any crops. This means lower material costs, higher yields and quality of products," Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.