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Belarus has signed agreements in civil aviation with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Morocco, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Transport and Communications Ministry.

The number of large families in Belarus has increased by 10% over the past three years, Belarusian First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov said during a joint sitting of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic in Minsk on 22 October, BelTA has learned.

The organizational meeting of geologists and the issues discussed at it will help make the program of future works as effective as possible, Belarusian Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Viktor Galanov told STV TV channel, BelTA has learned.

The work of the presidents of Belarus and Russia is a striking example of successful international relations, Belarusian Sports and Tourism Minister Sergei Kovalchuk said during his speech at the plenary session titled “Sport: Comprehensive view of the future” at the international forum “Russia is a sports power” in Russia's Ufa on 18 October, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Sports and Tourism Ministry.

We propose to rename the station in Antarctica from Gora Vechernyaya to Belorusskaya, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences Vladimir Gusakov said at a meeting of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko with scientists and participants of Belarusian Antarctic expeditions in Minsk on 17 October, BelTA has learned.

Belarus has made an informed choice in favor of SCO membership, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said during a meeting of the Heads of Government Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states, BelTA has learned.

The initiative to lift restrictions on the size of pensions for working seniors was supported by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus Yuri Senko told reporters, BelTA has learned.

Sergei Rachkov, Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs of the House of Representatives, President of the IPU Eurasia Group, member of the CSTO PA Standing Committee on Political Affairs and International Cooperation, hostd a coordination meeting of the heads of parliamentary delegations of the CSTO member states in the IPU on the sidelines of the 149th IPU Assembly in Geneva, BelTA learned from the press service of the House of Representatives.

The archaeological complex on the Menka River is unique for Eastern Europe. We need to set up a museum here, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told the media after visiting the archaeological complex on the Menka River, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko has presented state awards to people from various professional backgrounds, BelTA has learned.