The Council of Ministers decided to set up a state commission to select a site for a radioactive waste storage facility. The decision is stipulated in government decree No.158 of 7 March 2024, which has been officially published on the national legal internet portal.
According to the document, the state commission will be headed by Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Parkhomchik. The commission will comprise representatives of the Emergencies Ministry, Energy Ministry, National...
The nomination of candidates for delegates to the Belarusian People’s Congress is beginning on 12 March, BelTA has learned.
Prospective delegates are nominated by organizational structures from the regions and the city of Minsk and are elected by the governing bodies of civil society entities from among members of these entities (they should be members of this civil society entity). There should be delegates from each region and the city of Minsk. Prospective delegates to the...
A total of 47,750 foreign nationals have visited Belarus without visas since 1 January 2024, BelTA has learned from the State Border Committee.
These included 26,634 citizens of Lithuania, 9,853 citizens and 2,384 non-citizens of Latvia, and 8,879 citizens of Poland.
Since the launch of the visa-waiver program, Belarus has welcomed a total of 848,356 visitors, including 521,845 citizens of Lithuania, 194,654 citizens and 58,499 non-citizens of Latvia, and 73,358 citizens of Poland....