Belarus and Iran intend to cooperate in the field of food safety and the development of biopesticides, BELTA reports following the results of the Iran Agrofood exhibition. We already told about agricultural products and technologies, which were presented by Belarusian scientists at the exhibition.
Belarus became Europe's leader in technology courses
The online educational platform Coursera has released a Global Skills Index report, which examines the demand for hosted courses and the success of their completion by students. In 2022, Belarus took 12th place in the global standings and 9th place in Europe, devby.io writes.
From June 30, it will be possible to enter Finland without a vaccination certificate, a PCR test and special grounds, "Sobiray Rukzak" writes. We remind you that you can get a visa to Finland at the Estonian visa centers in Minsk, which will resume work from July 5.
New train added to travel from Minsk to St. Petersburg on white nights
The train will depart from Minsk on June 30 at 7:15PM. Departure from St. Petersburg is on July 3 at 2:26PM, Minsk-News writes. You can buy tickets on the website. The cost of a one-way ticket starts from BYN114.
The new academic building will consist of 7 floors, CityDog.io writes . The discussion of the architectural concept will last until July 9. We remind you that the BSU electronic library took the 3rd place in the world ranking of university digital repositories.
Since June 21, new minimum prices have been set for the export of dairy and meat products from Belarus, BELTA writes. The cost of products is set depending on the export region. For example, fresh and frozen meat cannot be sold to Russia, CIS countries and Georgia for less than $4.1 per kg (previously it was $4). To other countries, the cost of exports will not be lower than $4.35 per kg.
Since June 21, fuel prices have increased by BYN0.02, Minsk-News writes. New prices are: 92 RON — BYN 2.34; 95 RON — BYN2.44; 98 RON — BYN2.66; Diesel fuel — BYN2.44.
Belarus and Uzbekistan plan to start innovative biopharmaceutical production
The Minister of Health of Belarus met with the director of the Agency for the Development of the pharmaceutical industry in Uzbekistan, the website of the Ministry of Health in Belarus writes. The meeting discussed the creation of a joint "Innovative biopharmaceutical production with full-cycle technologies for the production of medicines from human blood plasma and biomedical cell products."
BSU will present developments at Security Industry exhibition
The Belarusian State University will present about 20 scientific and technical developments at the exhibition "National Security. Belarus – 2022". The event will be held on June 22 – 25 in Minsk, the university's website writes.
Belarus supplies almost half of food to EAEU market
Belarus accounts for almost half of the volume of mutual food trade in the Eurasian Economic Union, BELTA writes. The EAEU includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.