Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

Contracts worth over $266 million were penned at the 11th edition of the international arms and defense technology expo MILEX 2023, Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry Dmitry Pantus told the ONT TV channel, BelTA informs.

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia is set to open regular flights to Abu Dhabi, BelTA learned from the airline's press service.

Belarus and Syria have reaffirmed their commitment to keep developing cooperation in social matters. This topic was discussed at a meeting between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Syria Yuri Sluka and Minister of Social Affairs and Labor of Syria Louai Emad El-Din al-Munajjid, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Conrad Albrecht, Managing Director, Head of the Directorate of Sustainability at the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), gave his assessment of the green agenda in Belarus in a conversation with BelTA.

Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko held a telephone conversation with Chairman of the Russian State Duma, Chairman of the CSTO PA Vyacheslav Volodin, BelTA learned from the press service of the lower house of the Russian Parliament, BelTA has learned.

Victory Day is the most important national holiday for Belarusians, Nikolai Sukhotsky, Deputy Director for Science and Innovations at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, said as he cited findings of a telephone poll in an interview with BelTA.

More than 66% of Belarusians consider state symbols as the main national symbol of Belarus, Nikolai Sukhotsky, Deputy Director for Science and Innovations at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, said as he cited findings of a telephone poll in an interview with BelTA.

Belarus is committed to agreements on realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, the national coordinator on reaching the Sustainable Development Goals Valery Belsky mentioned it as he met with Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia of the United Nations Development Coordination Office (UNDCO) Gwi-Yeop Son, BelTA has learned.

As of 1 May 2023, a total of 125,933 deposit accounts were opened for large families under Belarus' family capital program, including about 82,600 deposit accounts at the total amount of $826 million and 43,400 deposit accounts at the total amount of Br1.05 billion, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.

Belarus and Zimbabwe signed a roadmap on cooperation in higher education and university science for 2023-2025, BelTA learned from the press service of the Education Ministry.