Regional News

Belarus marks the Day of people’s Unity on 17 September. The holiday was instituted on 7 June 2021 by Belarusian president’s Decree No.206.

The unconditional priority of legislative activity is ensuring the independence and defense capability of the state, Chairman of the House of Representatives Igor Sergeyenko said as he opened the third session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the eighth convocation in Minsk on 16 September, BelTA has learned.

As part of the Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise Zapad 2025 [West] the 227th combined-arms military training area is used to practice repulsing aerial attacks against the staging area of a combined-arms reserve of the regional military force, representatives of the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA.

Belarus will attract a concessional loan of 474.1 million Chinese yuan from the Export-Import Bank of China in 2025-2026. Corresponding resolution No.489 of 9 September by the Council of Ministers has been published on the National Legal Internet Portal, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Russia intend to set up a special committee on matters of standardization and quality, BelTA learned from Director of the Belarusian State Institute of Standardization and Certification (BelGISS) Aleksandr Skuratov at a press conference.

Since 1 January 2025, Belarus has hosted 167,506 travelers from 38 countries included in the visa-waiver program. Most travelers came from Belarus' neighboring countries: Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee.

Demand for autumn guided tours to Belarus has increased in Russia this year, BelTA learned from the Russian Union of the Travel Industry.

The Day of Belarusian Written Language was celebrated in Moscow with an exhibition and a performance, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Embassy in Russia.

Belarus is developing a national action plan to ensure gender equality for the next five-year period, BelTA learned from Yelena Komlik, consultant of the Population, Gender and Family Policy Office of the Belarusian Labor and Social Protection Ministry, at a seminar dedicated to the results of the large-scale survey on women’s health and family status by the Belarusian National Statistical Committee.

Belarus and Uzbekistan have approved a tourism cooperation roadmap through 2028, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Union of the Tourism Industry of Belarus.

Belarusian builders have commissioned the Sozvezdie – Suzorie multidisciplinary education center in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. The opening ceremony on 1 September was attended by Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Governor Gleb Nikitin and Arzamas Mayor Aleksandr Shchelokov, the press service of the Belarusian diplomatic mission told BelTA.

The opening ceremony of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) exercises was held in Vitebsk, BelTA has learned.

Following a visit of the delegation of Gomel Oblast led by Gomel Oblast Governor Ivan Krupko to Changchun, Jilin Province, China, a decision was made to prepare a letter of intent to sign a sister-city agreement between Gomel Oblast and Jilin Province, the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee told BelTA.

Belarus and Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan will develop cooperation in the petrochemical industry, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim.

Vitebsk will play host to the third Belarus-Uzbekistan Women’s Business Forum on 2-3 September. The theme of the event will be “Belarus-Uzbekistan: Cooperation as a factor of sustainable development”, BelTA has learned.

Mogilev will host the Belarus-Russia Union State Youth Forum “The role of youth in preserving and protecting historical memory” on 5-8 September, BelTA learned from the press service of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia.

Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin discussed the development of tourism with Russia during a meeting with Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, BelTA learned.

Our tomorrow depends on how responsibly we treat nature today, Belarus’ Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Sergei Maslyak said on the sidelines of the National Ecological Forum in Dzerzhinsk on 22 August, BelTA has learned.

A supplementary meeting of the expert group for finalizing and approving the CIS draft plan of main cooperation events in culture for 2026–2028 took place at the CIS headquarters in Minsk on 20 August, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.