Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

Belarus plans to increase travel services exports by 18% this year, Yekaterina Goncharenok, Deputy Director of the Tourism Department of the Belarusian Sports and Tourism Ministry, said in a new episode of BelTA’s Nation Speaks project.

As of 1 June 2025, a total of 146,512 large families have opened deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program, including 82,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of $826 million and 63,200 deposit accounts to the total amount of Br1.68 billion, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.

The final day of the Vytoki sports and cultural festival gathered about 25,000 participants and guests in Postavy, BelTA informs citing the National Olympic Committee.

The Belarusian state association for livestock breeding Belplemzhivobedinenie and Kyrgyzstan’s Department of Pedigree Livestock Breeding signed a memorandum of cooperation during a working meeting of Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Ivan Smilgin with Kyrgyzstan’s delegation that arrived in Belarus to participate in the international exhibition Belagro 2025, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is leading the Divine Liturgy at St. Euphrosyne Convent in Polotsk, BelTA has learned.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Minsk on 4 June, the official portal of the Belarusian Orthodox Church told BelTA.

For five days, on 3-7 June, the Minsk International Exhibition Center will be hosting the Belarusian agro-industrial week’s events and the 35th international specialized exhibition Belagro 2025. Participating in the exhibition will be 545 companies from 14 countries, showcasing over 500 units of agricultural machinery and equipment used in crop cultivation, animal husbandry and food production, BelTA has learned.

June has been declared the month of historical and cultural tourism in Belarus, BelTA learned from the National Tourism Agency.

Belarus hopes to resume dialogue with Poland on Belovezhskaya Pushcha, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Sergei Maslyak said at the Nevsky International Ecological Congress in St. Petersburg, Russia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry.

Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) Vladimir Karanik praised the successes in the country’s space industry and its role in the exploration of Mercury, BelTA has learned.