The Development Bank of th Republic of Belarus is exploring opportunities for increasing Belarusian trade with African countries, BelTA has learned from the bank’s press service.  Chairman of the Board of the Development Bank Sergei Stolyarchuk is on a working visit to Maputo, Mozambique. The opening ceremony of the annual general meeting of shareholders of TDB Group was held with the participation of Mozambique Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane. The meeting summarized the results...

Former head of a regional branch of the opposition party Narodnaya Gromada Olga Tishkevich told the ONT TV channel how the State Security Department of Lithuania (VSD) works with the Belarusian diaspora, BelTA has learned. The matter pertains the Dapamoga foundation, an organization that allegedly focuses on humanitarian aid to relocants and providing them with temporary accommodation in a hostel. One of the conditions for getting accommodation is participation in “solidarity...

Former head of a regional branch of the opposition party Narodnaya Gromada Olga Tishkevich told the ONT TV channel about feuds in the ranks of the Belarusian opposition, BelTA has learned. The ONT TV channel remarked that Narodnaya Gromada is an unregistered political organization that is not held in high esteem among the opposition, including due to mistrust towards its leader Nikolai Statkevich. The organization heavily relies on grants from foreign donors. In 2011 Nikolai...

Since 1 January of this year, a total of 76,280 nationals of Ukraine have entered Belarus, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee. According to the committee, 32 of them arrived from the territory of Ukraine, 60,290 people came in transit through Poland, 14,898 through Lithuania, and 1,060 through Latvia. Since 24 February 2022, a total of 222,772 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus: 15,950 people came directly from Ukraine, 158,078 Ukrainian citizens came in...

Enterprises affiliated with the Industry Ministry of Belarus posted a production growth of more than 4% in H1 2024, First Deputy Industry Minister Aleksandr Ogorodnikov said at a meeting of the board of the Industry Ministry to discuss the ministry's performance in January-June 2024, BelTA learned from the press service of the Industry Ministry. Aleksandr Ogorodnikov said that the Industry Ministry is on track to meet almost all the targets set by the government for the first half of...