Regional News

The Moscow Center of the World Association of Nuclear Operators is set to conduct a scheduled partner inspection at the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP) on 10-26 March 2025, BelTA learned from the BelNPP.  

The Khatyn State Memorial Complex will launch the exhibition “War took everything away from me but love” on 19 March. It will present personal belongings of Leonid Levin, an architect and one of the memorial's creators, BelTA learned from the administration of the memorial complex. 

The international symposium of writers "The Writer and Time" will be held as part of the 32nd Minsk International Book Fair on 12 March, Chairman of the Belarusian Union of Writers Aleksandr Karlyukevich told the media, BelTA has learned.

The 27th edition of the international exhibition of tourist services Leisure 2025 will take place in Minsk on 27-29 March, Director of the National Tourism Agency Dmitry Morozov told the First News TV Channel, BelTA has learned. 

MPs will hold parliamentary readings dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives of Belarus Igor Marzalyuk told reporters, BelTA learned. 

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko instructed the government to decide on a new system of price regulation by April, Belarusian First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov told the media after a meeting with the head of state, BelTA learned.

Soligorsk will play host to a joint session of the commissions on energy, transport, industry and trade of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State on 6 March, the press service of the Parliamentary Assembly told BelTA.

The Prosecutor General's Office makes a significant contribution to preserving the historical memory of heroism of Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War, Chairman of the House of Representatives Igor Sergeyenko said at a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly, BelTA has learned.

The CIS integration cooperation is picking up pace, CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev told the media, BelTA has learned.

The international industrial exhibition INNOPROM is due to be held in Belarus in September-October 2025, Governor of Russia's Sverdlovsk Oblast Yevgeny Kuivashev told the media after the meeting with the Belarusian president in Minsk on 24 February, BelTA has learned.

The Commission on Science and Education of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia will hold a meeting in Moscow on 28 February, BelTA learned from the PA press service.

The National Belarusian Language Dictation will be held on 21 February on International Mother Language Day, BelTA learned from Igor Kopylov, Director of the Yakub Kolas Institute of Linguistics of the Center for Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

Tourism strengthens mutual understanding and traditional friendship between Belarus and China, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Zhang Wenchuan told the media before a meeting with representatives of the Chinese tourism industry to discuss further opportunities for cooperation in tourism between the two countries, BelTA learned.

Belarus and Azerbaijan enjoy friendly and fraternal relations, Speaker of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova said during a meeting with Chairperson of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova on 18 February, BelTA has learned.

Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Igor Petrishenko met with State Secretary of the Union State of Belarus and Russia Dmitry Mezentsev to discuss the mission of the Union State Media Company, BelTA learned.

The National Pediatric Allergy Center has opened in Belarus in line with Healthcare Ministry's Order No. 142 dated 11 February 2025, BelTA reports citing the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

Belarus has ranked 32nd among 180 countries in the Environmental Performance Index 2024, going ahead of all EAEU countries, Belarusian Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Sergei Maslyak said at the press conference on Environmental Safety: New Solutions to Combat Plastic Pollution”, BelTA has learned.

The policy pursued by the state is aimed at improving the welfare and quality of life of its citizens, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova said during the session of the Presidium of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the eighth convocation on 12 February, BelTA has learned.

Minsk will host the 3rd Belarusian-Russian Tourist Congress on 8-9 April and is going to be more ambitious than the previous editions, Filipp Guly, Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian Union of Tourism Industry, said at a press conference to discuss the cooperation between Belarusian and Russian tourist businesses held in the business and cultural complex of the Belarusian Embassy in the Russian Federation, BelTA learned. 

The Belarusian Space Congress will be held in October 2025, Sergei Korenyako, head of joint programs in space and information technologies of the United Institute of Informatics Problems at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, executive director of the Union State program Complex-SG, told reporters, BelTA learned.