Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

A joint China-Belarus center for cooperation in geological sciences has opened at the Research and Production Center of Geology in Minsk, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian car manufacturer SZAO BelGee intends to expand the car lineup, BelTA learned from BelGee Director General Gennady Svidersky as a new BelGee showroom was opened in Minsk.

Regionalization is replacing globalization in addressing a number of issues, thus regional organizations need to play a bigger role in building a fair economic and political world order, SCO Deputy Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev said, BelTA has learned.

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.