As of 1 August 2024, a total of 139,783 large families have opened deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program, including 82,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of $826 million and 57,200 deposit accounts to the total amount of Br1.47 billion, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.  As of 1 August, a total of 87,458 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 71,207 applied to use...

Consultations between the Security Councils of Belarus and Russia will be held in Moscow on 12 August. The Belarusian delegation will be led by State Secretary of the Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich, BelTA learned from the State Secretariat of the Security Council of Belarus. Aleksandr Volfovich is also scheduled to hold a working meeting with Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu on 12 August. The parties are set to discuss a broad security agenda...

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, First Deputy Defense Minister of Belarus, Major-General Pavel Muraveiko met with Military Attaché of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Belarus Ularbek Abykeyev, representatives of the Defense Ministry told BelTA. Pavel Muraveiko and Ularbek Abykeyev discussed matters of bilateral military cooperation. The parties confirmed the readiness to continue providing active assistance with reinforcing the friendly ties between the defense ministries of...

State Secretary of the Belarus-Russia Union State Dmitry Mezentsev and State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich held a working meeting in Minsk on 8 August, BelTA has learned. The parties considered topical issues of bilateral cooperation in security within the framework of the Union State. In particular, it was noted that joint work on the draft Security Concept of the Belarus-Russia Union State had been completed in pursuance of the instruction...

People's diplomacy helps develop relations between the countries, Chairperson of Council of Republic Natalya Kochanova said during a meeting to discuss the preparations for the second Belarus-Uzbekistan Women's Business Forum, BelTA has learned. "We have a good experience of holding the Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia. The interest is immense. The president has said many times that people's diplomacy, sister cities, agreements between entrepreneurs,  enterprises give sometimes a...

Belarusian Education Minister Andrei Ivanets revealed some preliminary results of the 2024 university admissions process as he spoke to the media on 5 August, BelTA has learned. “This year's entrance scores for a number of specialties are quite high, despite the fact that the total number of free-tuition places has been increased by almost 3,000, primarily for the most demanded specialties - teaching, engineering and healthcare,” Andrei Ivanets said. “Today, as promised, we have...