Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Natalya Kochanova and Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko discussed the engagement of MPs in the Union State agenda, BelTA learned from the press service of the upper house of parliament.

The Supreme State Council of the Union State of Belarus and Russia has decided in favor of connecting the Belarusian cities of Orsha and Vitebsk and the Russian city of Smolensk with suburban trains. The relevant ordinance of the Supreme State Council was signed as a result of the council’s session held in Moscow on 26 February, BelTA has learned.

In 2025, residents of 80 countries received health treatment at Belarusian health resorts, Director of the National Center for Recuperation and Health Resort Treatment Gennady Bolbatovsky told journalists ahead of the national meeting to discuss the results of the work of Belarus’ recuperation and health resort treatment system in 2025 and key tasks for 2026, BelTA has learned.

Yelena Zhuk, a professor in the Radiology Department of Belarusian State Medical University, told the STV television channel about a new cancer diagnostic method, BelTA reports.

Belarusian Information Minister Marat Markov spoke in an interview to the STV channel about plans to stimulate interest in the Belarusian language and whether more Belarusian-language programs will appear on television, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian cardiac surgeons have performed a high-tech operation on a newborn Russian citizen, Konstantin Drozdovsky, Director of the National Research and Treatment Center for Pediatric Surgery and Chief Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon of the Healthcare Ministry, told journalists, BelTA reports.

A meeting of the expert group to finalize and coordinate draft regulations on basic organizations of the CIS member states for researching problems of combating transnational crime, training personnel and improving the qualifications of specialized specialists of border agencies, and ensuring security in the border sector took place at the CIS headquarters in Minsk, BelTA learned from the CIS Executive Committee.

A parliamentary delegation from the Republic of Zimbabwe, led by President of the country’s Senate Mabel Memory Chinomona, has arrived in Belarus on an official visit, BelTA has learned.

Vladimir Karanik, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB), told the STV channel about the NASB efforts to improve the economic efficiency of scientific research, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian diplomats in Uzbekistan took part in commemorative events dedicated to the 37th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, BelTA learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission in Tashkent.