Vasily Kolb, Maria Shestak
Mineral resource base of the Republic of Belarus
The author analyzed the state of Belarus’ subsurface resources, showed the need to raise the level of return on funds invested in geological exploration and to increase its marginality level.

Marina Vasilyuk, Sergey Viktorovich
The National Geological Fund: yesterday, today, tomorrow
The author presented the history of the Belarusian Geological Fund, which is engaged in the accounting, systematization and accumulation of information about the subsurface resources of the country.

Vasily Pashkevich, Olga Vasneva
Hydromineral resources
There has been presented an overview of the most valuable types of minerals – the hydromineral resources, including fresh underground waters, mineral medicinal waters and industrial brines, potentially promising for the extraction of bromine, iodine and rare alkali metals.

Natalia Petrova, Natalia Denisova
Potassium salts of Belarus: degree of knowledge and tasks for further research
The complex study and development process of the most important natural resource of the republic - the potassium salts, has been analyzed, and the stages of salt geology formation were described.

Petr Povzhik, Alexandra Rakutko, Alexander Grudinin, Vyacheslav Rudko
State of the mineral resource base of hydrocarbons: current state and future of development
The article provides a detailed description of existing old deposits, describes modern research methods, optimization of development systems, implementation of advanced world technologies in the field of drilling new wells, conducting geological and technical activities and their effectiveness.

Yaroslav Gribik
Geological mysteries of the subsoil of Belarus
The article analyzes unexplained geological phenomena that appeared on the territory of the Republic of Belarus in the late 20th - early 21st centuries: Logoisk astrobleme, Zhlobin diamond field, mercury in the subsoil, natural gas in wells and the so-called "warm wells".

Aliaksandr Kazlou
Genesis of the cultural approach in economics
The role and significance of culture in the economy are shown and it is proposed to take it into account in the known production function, and to consider the expenses on it as investments from which a return is expected.

Maria Solomko
Updating legislation in the investment sphere
The author considers the legislative norms that provide for the implementation of large investment projects subject to the conclusion of investment agreements.

Anastasia Bobrova, Nadezhda Batova, Lyudmila Voronetskaya, Kirill Piletsky
China's experience in social innovation: opportunities for achieving sustainable development in Belarus
The article reveals the role of social innovation in the implementation of sustainable development goals, and suggests approaches to their implementation in Belarus, taking into account China's successful projects.

Natalya Sosnovskaya
Ideas about happiness in sociological dimension
Are the Belarusians a «happy nation»? What do the results of a recent study say about the level of happiness of our country’s residents, as well as how self-awareness is connected with other aspects of life, both of an individual and a society?

Nikolay Smekhovich
Legendary Radimichi: who are they?
The concept of the name «Radimichi» origin and etymology is justified, factors proving the historical unity of the Belarusian people are given.

Andrei Shulaeu
Rapport of the jacquard pattern on fabrics of the 16th –18th centuries in the light of modern technologies
There are studied the origin, diffusion and regional features of the patterned silk fabrics technology, underlining their historical elitism, as well as the originality of woven ornaments in the territory of modern Belarus, which have combined the Eastern and Western traditions. Suggestions are made to revive the ancient fabric patterns for decorating museums, interiors, making clothes and for other purposes.

Dmitry Los, Tamara Sharshakova
The artificial intelligence in breast cancer diagnosis
The article deals with the application of AI technologies for breast cancer diagnostics. The study has shown that the use of AI is comparable in accuracy with the results obtained by radiologists. It demonstrated the cost-effectiveness of introducing this technology into clinical practice.