The base amount in Belarus will be increased on 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the press service of the Council of Ministers. The base amount in the country will make up Br228 from 1 January 2023. Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko signed the corresponding resolution.

The next meeting of the CIS Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives will be held at the CIS headquarters in Minsk on 20 December, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee. There are seven items on the draft agenda. The main one is the chairmanship of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2022. Askar Beisenbayev, Permanent Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Council chairman, will...

The Belarusian industrial group intends to continue buying a considerable part of the equipment it needs in Belarus, BelTA learned from Belorusneft Director General Aleksandr Lyakhov. Asked about Belorusneft's ongoing import substitution efforts, Aleksandr Lyakhov said that many kinds of the products the company needs are supplied by Belarusian manufacturers. “We've been working out these approaches for the last ten years. And they have already produced results. We intend to...

At a joint board meeting of the Labor and Social Security Ministries of Belarus and Russia, representatives of the two countries have discussed topical issues of further cooperation, reviewed the progress and implementation of activities, the completion of which is scheduled for this year, BelTA learned from the press service of the Labor and Social Security Ministry. The meeting was held online. Representatives of the corresponding ministries discussed the progress and current...

The New Year's charity campaign Our Children will be running in Belarus from 15 December to 15 January, Deputy Head of the Department of Social, Educational and Ideological Work at the Education Ministry Yelena Simakova told reporters, BelTA reports. The nationwide campaign will involve more than 20,000 children. Many events throughout the country will be held at the regional level. The purpose of the campaign is to support children who are in need of help and support. The...

Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee – CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev sent greetings to the 15th edition of the CIS Forum of Creative and Scientific Intellectuals, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee. Tashkent's hosting the forum testifies to its commitment to expanding humanitarian cooperation within the CIS and developing the common humanitarian space, the message reads. Sergei Lebedev also considers it symbolic that such a significant...