Over 13,500 foreigners have visited Belarus as part of the visa-waiver travel program since 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Since 1 January, Belarus has weclomed 9,966 citizens of Lithuania, 1,822 citizens and 462 citizens of Latvia, and 1,329 Polish citizens. All in all, since the launch of the visa-waiver program for neighboring EU countries, Belarus has hosted 398,565 arrivals: 258,229 citizens of Lithuania, 27,341 non-citizens and 89,956...

A new building was inaugurated in the children's rehabilitation and health center Zhemchuzhina in the village of Borovka, Lepel District. The facility was constructed under the state program to mitigate the Chernobyl impact. The new building is designed for 166 seats. The residential wing has rooms for one, two and three beds, including 10 rooms for wheelchair users. In the building there is a dining room with production workshops of the catering unit and a dining room for 84 seats, a...

The coronavirus pandemic in Belarus is almost over, however, neither residents of the country nor healthcare workers should relax just yet, BelTA learned from Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich. Dmitry Pinevich said: “Today we are talking about lessons of the pandemic. We are accustomed to the situation changing fast while we come up with prompt responses to it. The pandemic taught us a slightly different format of information sharing and work. The pandemic is almost...

To be a citizen of Belarus is a great privilege that comes with responsibilities, the political analyst Vadim Borovik told BelTA as he commented on the latest amendments to the Belarus citizenship law. Vadim Borovik said: “Citizenship of any country grants certain rights to the citizen as well as protection, social and political guarantees, and ensures the citizen's economic interests. Yet at the same time any state places responsibilities on its citizens. It is very important to...

As many as 75,484 citizens of Ukraine have arrived in Belarus since February 2022, the State Border Committee of Belarus told BelTA. According to the source, 15,890 people crossed the Belarusian-Ukrainian border into Belarus. As many as 47,103 people came to Belarus in transit via Poland, 10,296 via Lithuania, and 2,195 via Latvia. About 800 citizens of Ukraine have come to Belarus since the beginning of 2023 in transit via countries of the European Union.

A joint tactical exercise involving Air Force units of the Armed Forces of Belarus and Russia that belong to the aerial component of the Belarus-Russia regional military force will take place on 16 January – 1 February, the press service of the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA. An aviation component representing the Aerospace Forces of Russia arrived in Belarus on 8 January. All the airfields and training areas of the Air Force and Air Defense Command of the Armed Forces of...