Cherven Regional Executive Committee

In Minsk Oblast, as of the morning of August 24, 97% of the area was harvested, according to the Committee on Agriculture and Food, Minsk Oblast Executive Committee.

Just a few days are left before the start of the new academic year, Belarus 1.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is considering limiting the use of plastic bags in stores, Olga Sazonova, the head of the waste management, biological and landscape diversity department at the Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry, said at a press conference on 21 August, BelTA has learned.

As of the morning of August 20, the agrarians of the Minsk region threshed more than 1 million 885 thousand tons of grain, the Committee on Agriculture and Food of the Minsk Oblast Executive Committee reported.

Athletes from Minsk Oblast, gaining 91 points, were ahead of rivals from Minsk (80) and Grodno Oblast (75) in the team competition of the Belarusian youth championship in Greco-Roman wrestling, which ended in the capital, Belta reports.

In January-July 2020, agricultural farms of all kinds (state-run agricultural enterprises, private farmers, subsidiary farms) produced Br9.9 billion worth of goods, which was 2.8% up year-on-year in comparable prices, BelTA learned from the National Statistics Committee.

Belarus still has to harvest 12.1% of land under grain and leguminous crops (except for maize, buckwheat and millet), BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

The loaf of the Central region, as of the morning of August 14, weighs 1,648,040 tons, i.e. removed 84% of the area.

Three regions of Minsk Oblast have crossed the mark of 110.000 tons of threshed grain, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food said.

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia has extended suspension of air travel to Russia till 21 August, BelTA learned from the website of the airline.