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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to China Yuri Senko took part in a Belarusian-Chinese investment forum on tourism, representatives of the Belarusian embassy in Beijing told BelTA.

Belarus has introduced a requirement for business entities engaged in retail sale of medicines to reduce prices as the Belarusian ruble strengthens against foreign currencies, Dmitry Kalistratov, head of the Department of Entrepreneurship, Pricing and State Property at the Healthcare Ministry, told the media, BelTA has learned.

Conditions are being enabled in Belarus for digital changes in all avenues of development. Belarusian Communications and Informatization Minister Konstantin Shulgan mentioned it at sessions of the Board of Communications Administrations Heads of the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications and the Coordination Council for Informatization under the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, BelTA has learned.

Almost 295,000 Europeans have visited Belarus as part of the visa-waiver travel program, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.

The bill on the Belarusian People's Congress will soon be put out for public discussion, Chairperson of the Standing Commission on Legislation of the House of Representatives Svetlana Lyubetskaya told the STV TV channel, BelTA informs.

The 8th Belarusian Space Congress will take place at premises of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on 25-26 October, the academy's press service told BelTA.

The Postal Development Report 2022 prepared by the Universal Postal Union (UPU) placed Belarus on the 13th position out of 172 countries with a total score of 75.10. This is one position up compared to the previous year, when Belarus scored 67.4 points and placed 14th among 168 countries, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Communications and Informatization of Belarus.

Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia will consider the status of the program to mitigate the Chernobyl impact and the development of new programs. The Parliamentary Assembly's Commission on Natural Resources, Ecology and Environmental Protection will meet in Minsk on 25 October, BelTA learned from the PA press service.

More than 100 films will be screened during the eight days of the 28th edition of the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad in 2022, BelTA learned from the press center of the film festival.

Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas is expected to pay a visit to Tajikistan on 17 October to hold meetings with the political and military leadership of the country, BelTA learned from CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov.