State-run companies should be prioritized as far as housing construction is concerned. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement while talking to Mogilev residents after visiting a sport and recreation center on 5 November, BelTA has learned.

The meeting of the Supreme State Council, held on 4 November, was a continuation of the scheduled work on integration in the Union State, analyst of the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research Aleksei Avdonin said in an interview with ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President, Chairman of the Supreme State Council of the Union State Aleksandr Lukashenko signed the ordinance of the Supreme State Council "On the Guidelines to Implement the Union State Treaty in 2021-2023", BelTA has learned.

About 30,000 biometric passports and ID cards have been issued in Belarus over the course of two months, BelTA learned from an interview with Head of the Citizenship and Migration Department of the Belarusian Internal Affairs Ministry, Police Colonel Aleksei Begun. The interview is published on the ministry's website.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed a decree to implement an investment project to produce Belarus' own COVID-19 vaccine on the premises of the BelVitunipharm company, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Speaker Natalya Kochanova is presiding at a meeting of the Council of the Republic's expert panel in Minsk on 2 November, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to the staff of the Vitebsk Oblast Hospital of Disabled Veterans of the Great Patriotic War Yurtsevo as the institution celebrates its 80th anniversary, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

China intends to continue implementing highly effective projects together with Belarus within the framework of the Belt and Road initiative in addition to constantly enhancing cooperation in the area of digital economy. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong made the statement during the online opening ceremony of the Seeds for the Future 2021 program on 1 November, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko presented state awards to school student Roman Kogodovsky and the healthcare workers who saved him. The award ceremony took place in the Palace of Independence on 2 November, BelTA has learned.

Some 2.8 million people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Belarus, Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich said in an interview with Belarus 1 TV Channel, BelTA has learned.