Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

The National Belarusian Language Dictation will be held on 21 February on International Mother Language Day, BelTA learned from Igor Kopylov, Director of the Yakub Kolas Institute of Linguistics of the Center for Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Tourism strengthens mutual understanding and traditional friendship between Belarus and China, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Zhang Wenchuan told the media before a meeting with representatives of the Chinese tourism industry to discuss further opportunities for cooperation in tourism between the two countries, BelTA learned.

Belarus and Azerbaijan enjoy friendly and fraternal relations, Speaker of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova said during a meeting with Chairperson of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova on 18 February, BelTA has learned.

Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Igor Petrishenko met with State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Dmitry Mezentsev to discuss the mission of the Union State Media Company, BelTA learned.

The National Pediatric Allergy Center has opened in Belarus in line with Healthcare Ministry's Order No. 142 dated 11 February 2025, BelTA reports citing the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

Belarus has ranked 32nd among 180 countries in the Environmental Performance Index 2024, going ahead of all EAEU countries, Belarusian Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Sergei Maslyak said at the press conference on Environmental Safety: New Solutions to Combat Plastic Pollution”, BelTA has learned.

The policy pursued by the state is aimed at improving the welfare and quality of life of its citizens, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova said during the session of the Presidium of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the eighth convocation on 12 February, BelTA has learned.

Minsk will host the 3rd Belarusian-Russian Tourist Congress on 8-9 April and is going to be more ambitious than the previous editions, Filipp Guly, Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian Union of Tourism Industry, said at a press conference to discuss the cooperation between Belarusian and Russian tourist businesses held in the business and cultural complex of the Belarusian Embassy in the Russian Federation, BelTA learned. 

The Belarusian Space Congress will be held in October 2025, Sergei Korenyako, head of joint programs in space and information technologies of the United Institute of Informatics Problems at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, executive director of the Union State program Complex-SG, told reporters, BelTA learned.

Chairman of the House of Representatives Igor Sergeyenko spoke about the immediate international events calendar of the deputy corps at a sitting of the second session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the eighth convocation, BelTA learned.