Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

The recent presidential election campaign was the calmest in the history of sovereign Belarus, Deputy Head of the Law Enforcement and Prevention Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Sergei Mironchik said in the latest episode of BelTA’s project “The Nation Speaks”.

The Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the eighth convocation passed the bill “On Ratification of the Protocol to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of the Republic of Cuba on Cooperation on Mutual Supplies of 24 June 2014” at a sitting of the second session on 30 January, BelTA has learned.

The Communications and Informatization Ministry of Belarus will release a commemorative special postmark,which will be used on 31 January 2025 for a special dedication ceremony to mark the 120th anniversary of the trade union movement in Belarus, the Belarusian national mail service Belpochta told BelTA.

Belarus will raise minimum subsistence budget on 1 February 2025, BelTA has learned from the press service of the Labor and social Security Ministry of Belarus.

Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Igor Sergeyenko met with President of the Pan-African Parliament Fortune Charumbira in Minsk on 27 January, BelTA correspondent reports. 

The presidential election in Belarus will be a landmark event for many people far beyond the Commonwealth of Independent States, CIS Secretary General and head of the CIS observation mission at Belarus' presidential election Sergei Lebedev said at a meeting of the CIS Advisory Council of Heads of Electoral Bodies, BelTA has learned.

Chairman of the CEC of Belarus Igor Karpenko met with Chairman of the CEC of Uzbekistan Zayniddin Nizamkhodjaev, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Central Election Commission.

The defense ministries of Belarus and Tajikistan intend to strengthen friendly ties, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Defense Ministry.

The presidential election in Belarus is very well-organized, CIS Deputy Secretary General, representative of the CIS observation mission, Nurlan Seitimov told the media, BelTA learned. 

Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik and Governor of Russia's Irkutsk Oblast Igor Kobzev held a meeting to discuss a number of new promising bilateral projects in Moscow on 20 January, BelTA has learned.