Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

The editorial offices of regional media should not only stay in tune with the information agenda but also work proactively, lead the agenda and take the initiative, Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko said at a meeting to discuss the effectiveness of the regional media in implementing the state information policy, BelTA has learned.

The consultations on foreign policy planning of the ministries of foreign affairs of the CIS member states took place in Minsk on 18 December, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.

The nomination of candidates for deputies has started in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Central Election Commission (CEC).

Belarusian Communications and Informatization Minister Konstantin Shulgan presented the work of Belarus' communication administration within the framework of the World Radiocommunication Conference of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, BelTA has learned.

Minsk has made it to the 10 best places to travel with friends among Russian visitors in December, BelTA has learned.

For the local and parliamentary elections on the single voting day Belarus has set up 1394 territorial and precinct election commissions, which include 9,459 people, BelTA learned from the Central Election Commission of Belarus.

The unemployment rate in the Eurasian Economic Union has decreased by 11.9% since the beginning of this year, BelTA learned from the press service of the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Since the start of the year 2023, a total of 399,535 residents of the neighboring EU states of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have taken advantage of the visa waiver to come to Belarus, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.

A total of 64,089 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.

On 7-8 December, a delegation of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry headed by Minister Vadim Sinyavsky will pay a working visit to the Republic of Cuba at the invitation of Chief of Cuba's Civil Defense National Staff Division General Ramón Pardo Guerra, BelTA learned from the Emergencies Ministry.