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Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ) increased its tractor exports to the African market by more than 60% in 2025, Aleksandr Aksenchik, Deputy Marketing Director for Commercial Operations in Distant Markets and Head of the Department for Promotion and Sales to Distant Markets at MTZ, told BelTA.

The final stage of the 2025/26 Russian Biathlon Cup has kicked off in Zlatoust, Russia’s Chelyabinsk Oblast, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to President Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona of the Dominican Republic as the country celebrates Independence Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The international scientific and practical conference for school students, «Start in Innovation», will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2026, serving as a global platform for dialogue. This year, participants and experts from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Brazil, China, Egypt, Iran, the UAE and other countries will compete. For the second consecutive year, TV BRICS is the event’s international media partner.

With its strong, well-trained, and well-equipped modern army, Belarus presents anything but an easy target to potential aggressors, national security expert Aleksandr Tishchenko said in a new episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA’s YouTube channel.

A vector to a new stage of development of integration in all directions was determined during the session of the Supreme State Council. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement after a session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Belarus and Russia in Moscow on 26 February, BelTA has learned.

How do Belarusian women feel about 2026 being declared the Year of the Belarusian Woman? Invited representatives from Belarusian ministries, organizations, and associations shared their thoughts in a new episode of BelTA’s Nation Speaks project.

The Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR) is a leading think tank, State Secretary of Belarus’ Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich told journalists during a working meeting with the BISR staff, BelTA learned.

In a new episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA’s YouTube channel, national security expert Aleksandr Tishchenko explained why Belarus has preserved the tradition of celebrating 23 February as Day of Fatherland Defenders and Armed Forces.

Two new residents and one innovation entity have been registered in the China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone, the park’s press service told BelTA.