A regular meeting of the CSTO Defense Ministers Council was held in Dushanbe on 27 April. The day before, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon met with the defense ministers of the CSTO member states, BelTA has learned from the press service of the Defense Ministry.

The government has defined lists of state and regional scientific and technical programs for 2021-2025. This is stipulated by Council of Ministers' Decree No.173 of 26 March 2021, which was officially published on the National Legal Internet Portal on 27 April, BelTA has learned.

Early spring cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, and millet) have been sown on 98.6% of the target area in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave additional instructions regarding the landscaping and development of Bragin and other Chernobyl-affected towns during his working trip on 26 April, BelTA has learned.

Masherov Vitebsk State University will play host to the 6th International Scientific and Practical Conference “Topical Issues of Source Studies” on 23-24 April, head of the department of history and cultural heritage of Masherov Vitebsk State University, candidate of historical sciences Anatoly Dulov told BelTA.

Belarus and Russia have made substantial progress in reconciling the Union State programs, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on 22 April, BelTA has learned.

A ceremony to award the winners of the international exhibition and competition Days of Design 2021 and to open an exhibition of their works will take place in the exhibition hall of the Faculty of Art and Graphics of Masherov Vitebsk State University on 22 April, BelTA learned from the university.

A number of measures are being taken to protect the domestic market, BelTA learned from Deputy Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade Minister Oksana Konstantinovich on 22 April.

Belarus exports more than 70% of its gross domestic product, and full membership in the World Trade Organization is in our interests, Yuri Gorelik, director of the department of foreign economic activities at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, told the media in Vitebsk on 21 April, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will make a working visit to the Russian Federation on 22 April, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

A center for supporting technologies and innovations has been established in the Vitebsk State Medical University. The relevant agreement was signed by the university's Prorector for Science and Research Sergei Sushkov and Director General of the National Center of Intellectual Property Vladimir Ryabovolov on 20 April, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a statement in response to the USA's decision to resume anti-Belarusian sanctions, BelTA has learned.

Lead Clinician for Infectious Diseases (non-staff) of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry, Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Head of the Infectious Diseases Faculty of Belarusian State Medical University Igor Karpov spoke about the importance of COVID-19 vaccination and shared his own vaccination experience in an interview with the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko traditionally took part in the nationwide subbotnik [a voluntary labor day]. This year it was held on 17 April, BelTA has learned.

Almost all athletes who are planning to participate in the Olympic Games in Tokyo have undergone mandatory medical examination and have been cleared for sport. Such information was voiced during a meeting of the NOC Executive Board in Minsk on 16 April, BelTA learned from the NOC press service.

Dmitry Pinevich has been the first to get a shot of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine rolled out by the Belarusian pharmaceutical company Belmedpreparaty, BelTA informs citing the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

Vitebsk bishop Aleh Butkevich has been elected Chairman of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Belarus. Minsk has played host to a plenary session of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Belarus (CCBB) to mark the 30th anniversary of the restoration of the Catholic Church structures in Belarus, BelTA learned from the website of the Archdiocese of Minsk and Magilev of the Roman Catholic Church.

Prices for 55% of the goods are regulated in Belarus, BelTA learned from Belarusian Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade Minister Vladimir Koltovich.

An exhibition of the group of artists "International Laboratory of Art" will open in Vitebsk on 14 April, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk Center for Contemporary Art.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev are holding a meeting in the Zagulba Palace, BelTA has learned.