Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

There should be no formalism while dealing with citizens' complaints and requests, Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova said at an extended offsite meeting of the Presidium of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly in Ivatsevichi, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich held a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the High-Level Political Forum 2023 under the auspices of ECOSOC at the UN headquarters in New York, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Belarus' Prosecutor General Andrei Shved suggested establishing the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office as he read out a report to Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Later on he told journalists why the prosecutor's office thinks that such an institution is needed, BelTA has learned.

Belarus has hosted 628,005 arrivals from the neighboring EU countries since the launch of the visa-waiver program, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.

The International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar has officially closed in Vitebsk, BelTA has learned.

Matters of biological security are becoming particularly relevant nowadays. Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Igor Petrishenko mentioned it as he met with Head of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare [Rospotrebnadzor], Chief State Sanitary Physician of Russia Anna Popova, the press service of the Belarusian government told BelTA.

An Italian delegation will visit Minsk on 13-15 July, member of the House of Representatives Igor Zavaley told BelTA.

The second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant has been connected to the grid. The phased increase in the capacity of the reactor is in progress, BelTA learned from the Energy Ministry.

Accreditation of guests and participants of the 32nd International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk opened on 9 July.

The Lithuanian border crossing Medininkai (Kamenny Log on the Belarusian side of the border) has been reopened to traffic, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.