Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kazakhstan Aleksei Bogdanov met with Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan Akmaral Alnazarova on 12 February, the Belarusian diplomatic mission in Astana told BelTA.

The Lida Historical and Art Museum displays a special exhibit — a piece of the famous Sikhote-Alin meteorite, which fell to Earth exactly 79 years ago, on 12 February 1947, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian parliamentarians have ratified the agreement on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Anti-Drug Center, which was signed in Tianjin on 1 September 2025, BelTA has learned.

The Big Tourism Week is set for its debut in Minsk on 7-11 April, Filipp Guly, head of the National Union of the Tourism Industry, announced said at a press conference in the Business and Cultural Center of the Belarusian embassy in Moscow, BelTA has learned.

The government has approved a national action plan to mark the Year of the Belarusian Woman in 2026. The corresponding resolution was signed by Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin, BelTA learned from the government press service.

Requirements for the qualifications of crisis managers are planned to be raised, Belarusian Economy Minister Yuri Chebotar told the media following the meeting of the Belarusian president with the Council of Ministers on 6 February, BelTA has learned.

Vibrant and distinctive painted rugs [maliavanka] by acclaimed artists of the past and contemporary masters are showcased at the Art of Light exhibition which opened at the Vitebsk Regional Local History Museum on 3 February, BelTA has learned.

In what ways does the patronage and protection of Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk manifest in the history of modern Belarus? This was discussed by tour guide Sofia Macharashvili and blogger Ksenia Leshchinskaya in the latest episode of the V Teme. Nashi [On Point. The Nation’s Pride] project on BelTA’s YouTube channel.

The new archival facility currently under construction in Minsk will become an archival hub, where work will be conducted across all areas of the archival sector, Justice Minister Yevgeny Kovalenko told the media before the outcome meeting of the Collegium of the Department of Archives and Records Management at the Justice Ministry of Belarus. The meeting will summarize the work of state archival institutions in 2025 and outline the prospects for Belarusian archivists in 2026.

Belarusian Labor and Social Protection Deputy Minister Yulia Berdnikova reveiled the key events planned for the Year of the Belarusian Woman in a recent episode of BelTA’s project The Nation Speaks.