The Belarusian heavy truck manufacturer BelAZ showcased its products and innovative solutions at the international business week in Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, Russia, BelTA learned from the BelAZ press service. Aleksei Moroz, the head of the department for promotion of underground and road-building vehicles at BelAZ, made a presentation during the session "Bashkortostan - Belarus: Potential of industrial cooperation". "Major consumers of our equipment are mining...

Foreign tourists now choose premium-class hotels in Belarus more often, Aleksei Strelchenko, an assistant to the director general of the Hotel Holding Company of the Belarusian President Property Directorate, told a press conference, BelTA has learned. "The first quarter of 2022 was not optimistic for the hotel business. Yet, things improved eventually. First of all, it was thanks to the unprecedented growth in the influx of Russian tourists to Belarus. So, if we consider hotels by...

Almost 380,000 foreigners have visited Belarus as part of the visa-waiver travel program, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program for neighboring EU countries, Belarus has hosted 378,290 arrivals: 244,017 citizens of Lithuania, 26,534 non-citizens and 86,752 citizens of Latvia, and 20,987 Polish citizens. Over the past week, Belarus hosted over 8,000 visa-waiver arrivals, most of them being citizens of Lithuania. More...

The names of the Belarusian candidates for a manned space flight have been revealed. Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with the Belarusian cosmonaut candidates at the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Center in Russia on 24 December, BelTA has learned. The Belarusian candidates for a manned space flight are: Belavia stewardesses Marina Vasilevskaya and Viktoriya Fidrus, a forensic expert from Brest Oblast Darya Mikhnyuk, an obstetrician-gynecologist from Baranovichi...

Belarusian laptops became available in retail shops on 22 December, on the second day after mass production of the laptops began, BelTA has learned. A solemn ceremony to launch laptop sales took place in Galleria Minsk. The presentation of the Belarusian laptops attracted a lot visitors and buyers. You can take a look at the new Belarusian laptop, get professional advice from Horizont specialists, and buy a laptop now. Deputy Chairwoman of the Minsk City Executive Committee...