The first meeting of the seventh Belarusian People’s Congress is scheduled for 24-25 April, Prime Minister, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Belarusian People’s Congress Roman Golovchenko told reporters, BelTA has learned. “On the first day, mostly organizational and electoral issues will be considered. This meeting will be special. It will carry out a number of procedures envisaged by the law: to elect working bodies, the counting commission, the chair of the Belarusian...

The number of Belarusian tourists, who visit Uzbekistan, tripled in 2023, BelTA learned from Director of the Tourism Department of the Belarusian Sports and Tourism Ministry Irina Voronovich. Over 1.5 million tourists travelled inside the country in 2022. “There should be as many of them this year. We see it by looking at the facilities, at their workload, and at the interest of our citizens,” Irina Voronovich said. Apart from that, Belarus advances cooperation with friendly...

The House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the seventh convocation has already passed 364 bills, said Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko during the All-Belarus campaign “We are citizens of Belarus!”, BelTA has learned. According to the speaker, the House of Representatives has a good tradition of meeting with young people - school and university students and others - who will soon shape the future of the country. Today's event is of particular...

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....