The Minsk International Film Festival Listapad should be very well organized, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko said during a meeting of the organizing committee for the film festival, BelTA reports.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko instructed to take the final decision on the rules of the country's university admission campaign 2023 before the end of 2022, Education Minister Andrei Ivanets told the media after the government meeting hosted by the head of state on 23 August to discuss the development of the national education system, BelTA has learned.

Gomel Oblast and Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast are interested in cooperation in various spheres. The relevant possibilities were discussed as the head of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast's representative office in Belarus Andrei Dudkin met with representatives of the management of Gomel Oblast enterprises, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.294 to adjust rules and regulations concerning timber sales, BelTA has learned.

Over 200,000 foreign nationals have visited Belarus without visas, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.

We need to tap into new markets and preserve the traditional ones, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with the newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Parkhomchik, BelTA has learned.

The 13th meeting of the Coordinating Council for Emergencies of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states with the participation of the emergencies ministers of the CSTO member states took place in Moscow on 18 August. Belarusian Emergencies Minister Vadim Sinyavsky attended the meeting as well, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry.