Regional News

Belarus' eagerness to reduce conflict potential with peace-loving policy pointed out Belarus is intent on reducing the conflict potential in Eastern Europe by pursuing a peace-loving and open policy. Chief of the International Military Cooperation Department of the Belarusian Defense Ministry, Major-General Oleg Voinov made the statement during a media briefing held to discuss the Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise Zapad 2021, BelTA has learned. ...

Russia to lift all COVID restrictions from flights to, from Belarus Russia will lift all the COVID-19 related restrictions from passenger transportation by air to and from Belarus. President of Russia Vladimir Putin made the statement after negotiations with Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko in Moscow on 9 September, BelTA has learned. ...

Belarus-Russia passenger transportation by rail expected to reach pre-COVID levels Roman Golovchenko said: “Last year was rather problematic for passenger transportation. Transportation between Belarus and Russia was limited from April 2020 till February 2021. A gradual recovery began in February. An important project was implemented to launch daily passenger service between Minsk and Moscow. It is a significant stage. This project needs to grow because it enjoys demand. I hope transportation restrictions will be completely lifted soon and we will be able to fully restore passenger train service up to pre-COVID levels. Let me remind you that there were 28 regular trains, including 17 formed by Belarusian Railways.” ...

Trial run of digital healthcare platform to begin in Belarus on 14 September A trial run of the central software platform of the centralized healthcare information system will begin in Belarus on 14 September, BelTA learned from Belarusian First Deputy Healthcare Minister Yelena Bogdan. ...

Truck throughput of Lithuanian, Polish checkpoints at Belarusian border below agreed numbers In the last 24 hours not a single Lithuanian and Polish border crossing has processed the number of trucks coming from Belarus that bilateral agreements specify, BelTA has learned. ...