Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

Minsk is hosting an international conference to discuss legal problems of cooperation between the border agencies of the CIS member states in tackling cross-border crime on 30 October, BelTA has learned.

Belarus hosted 6,524 European visitors as part of the visa-waiver program program over past week, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee.

Belarus has implemented 27 projects worth over $5 billion with the China's support since 2008, Belarusian First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov said in an interview to Belarus 1 TV channel on 27 October, BelTA has learned.

The first day of the Marathon of Unity will kick off in the city of metallurgists, Zhlobin, on 25 October, BelTA learned from the organizers.

A total of 153 territorial commissions and more than 5,000 precinct commissions will be formed for the presidential election in Belarus, Chairman of the Belarusian Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko said, BelTA has learned.

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.