In January-August 2024 gross agricultural output in farms of all categories totaled Br20.8 billion in current prices, up 7.2% year-on-year, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee. Agricultural enterprises manufactured Br18.6 billion worth of products, up 7.8% in comparable prices year-on-year. The enterprises of all categories produced 1,226,900 tonnes of livestock and poultry (in live weight), which was up 4% year-on-year, 5,926,800 tonnes of milk (up 5.9%), 2,518.1 million...

In January-August 2024 retail trade in Belarus totaled Br57.5 billion, up 12% year-on-year in comparable prices, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee. One-day retail sale volume per capita came at Br25.7 as against Br22.2 in the same period a year prior. Retail outlets accounted for 94.9% of retail sales. In January-August 2024 they reported Br54.6 billion in retail sale volume, or up 12.9% as against January-August 2023. In January-August 2024 wholesale...

Three residents of Belarus have reached the age of 110, Deputy Head of the Main Department of Social Services and Social Assistance of the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry Nikolai Orel said in a new episode of BelTA’s The Nation Speaks project.  According to him, the number of centenaries is growing in the country. The latest data suggests that currently more than 600 people in Belarus are aged 100 and older. The number of centenaries living in Belarus was...

No one will manage to subdue Belarus, President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with representatives of different nationalities living in Belarus, BelTA has learned. “The current authorities of Poland, as well as the previous ones, are trying to make their country a puppet of the United States of America. Why should Poland spend 5% of GDP, billions of U.S. dollars, to buy weapons? Who is going to attack Poland? Do we need anything from the Poles? No, we don't. What do the...

Over 1,200 trucks are waiting to enter Lithuania, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee. Over the last 24 hours, the least number of trucks, 18% of the normal number, was cleared by the Lithuanian border crossing Medininkai (Kamenny Log on the Belarusian side). Near the Polish border checkpoint Kukuryki (Kozlovichi on the Belarusian side) 1,000 trucks are queuing up to enter Poland. The border checkpoint has accepted 63% of the normal number of trucks...