Belarus has hosted 758,995 arrivals from the neighboring EU countries since the launch of the visa-waiver program, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Since the start of the year 2023, Belarus has welcomed 374,009 visitors from the neighboring EU states: 226,592 citizens of Lithuania, 85,529 citizens and 26,157 non-citizens of Latvia, and 35,731 Polish citizens. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program, Belarus has been visited by 474,855 citizens of...

During his official visit to Turkey, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik held talks with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry. The parties noted that over the more than 30-year history of diplomatic relations, Belarus and Turkey have built a multi-level system of cooperation: between the heads of two states, governments, parliaments, ministries and departments. "In this regard, it was noted that...

A delegation of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces is in Belarus on a visit, BelTA has learned. A conference dedicated to the advancement of military contacts between Belarus and Zimbabwe took place in the Central House of Officers of Belarus' Armed Forces. Head of the International Military Cooperation Department, Aide for International Military Cooperation to the Belarusian Defense Minister Valery Revenko chaired the meeting. Representatives of interested structural divisions of the...

Rosatom is interested in developing digital products together with Belarusian specialists, BelTA learned from Director of Rosatom's country office in Belarus Stanislav Levitsky during the international forum on the banking industry's information technologies BANKIT 2023. Stanislav Levitsky said: “Our cooperation with Belarus is very versatile because the state corporation Rosatom is a flagship of digitization in the Russian Federation. We have a number of organizations that develop and...

A meeting of the CIS Commission of Commissioners for Children's Rights (Ombudsmen) will be held at the CIS headquarters on 1 November, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee. The meeting will discuss the status of child protection in the CIS states. In particular, the members of the commission will get acquainted with the experience of implementing the Law of the Republic of Belarus "On the Rights of the Child", the protection of children's rights in Armenia,...