Belarus and Russia are set to continue strengthening bilateral cooperation in all fields. The agreement was reached during the meeting between Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Russia President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on 5 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Belarusian agribusiness operators, who will carry out projects outlined by the government program on agribusiness development in Belarus in 2016-2020, will get state support in the form of preferential loans. The statement was made by Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov during the session of the Council of Ministers Presidium held on 2 February to discuss agriculture development prospects, BelTA has learned.

MINSK, 28 January (BelTA) – Belarus and Pakistan will set up a center to coordinate sci-tech and innovative cooperation, Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus Alexander Shumilin told BelTA.

MINSK, 19 January (BelTA) – At the meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Japan Sergei Rakhmanov, CEO of Rakuten, Inc, Director of the Japanese Association of New Economy Hiroshi Mikitani praised the level of information technology in Belarus and expressed interest in discussing possible cooperation areas, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia has signed an interline agreement (an agreement on mutual recognition of e-tickets) with Russia's Ural Airlines, Igor Cherginets, Belavia's Deputy Director General for Marketing and Foreign Economic Affairs, said on Facebook, BelTA informs.

MINSK, 4 January (BelTA) – Belarus wants to sign a new agreement with the European Union to bolster relations, Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned.

MINSK, 28 December (BelTA) – The business incubator of Belarus' Hi-Tech Park has chosen its first seven start-up residents, BelTA learned from the press service of the Hi-Tech Park.

MINSK, 21 December (BelTA) – Greece favors the EU visa simplification for Belarusian citizens, Secretary General for International Economic Relations of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs Giorgos Tsipras said in an interview to the Belarus One TV channel, BelTA informs.

The presentation of the book Statehood. Belarus' National Idea took place in Moscow on 10 December. The book was published by the Russian publishing house Knizhny Mir (Book World), BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian embassy in Russia.

The 4G technology will be launched in Belarus on 1 January 2016, First Deputy Minister of Communication and IT Penetration Dmitry Shedko said in an interview to the Belarus One TV Channel, BelTA informs.