Polotsk Regional Executive Committee

Members of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus have passed a bill on amending the laws on counteracting extremism, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has made a few comments about the proposal to move negotiations of the trilateral contact group on the situation in Donbass from Minsk.

Smooth trade and economic cooperation is important for both Ukraine and Belarus, President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with member of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada Evgeny Shevchenko on 20 April, BelTA has learned.

The situation with the COVID-19 in Belarus is manageable and the caseloads are even lower than expected, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said answering journalists' questions during the nationwide subbotnik [voluntary labor day] on 17 April, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko had a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on 15 April, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Belarus and Azerbaijan have agreed to move to a new stage of economic cooperation, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko told the media after the talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on 14 April, BelTA has learned.

The third wave of COVID-19 has begun in Belarus, Inna Karaban, the head of the department for hygiene, epidemiology and disease prevention at the Healthcare Ministry, told the media, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko convened a government conference to discuss the operation of political parties in the country on 9 April, BelTA informs.

Early spring cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, and millet) have been sown on 38.9% of the target area in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No. 136 “On the administrative and territorial division of Vitebsk Oblast, Gomel Oblast and Mogilev Oblast”, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state.