Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decrees on 24 June to confer general ranks, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA. Colonels Aleksandr Bykov, Igor Kozlov, Vadim Surov, and Ruslan Chekhov have been given the next military rank of Major-General. Internal Service Colonel Sergei Salanovich has been granted the next special rank of Interior Service Major-General. Justice Colonel Aleksei Aleshkevich has been granted the next special rank of Justice Major-General. The...

The government plans to develop satellite towns, including Dzerzhinsk, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to commission the Olympus sports and recuperation complex in Dzerzhinsk on 21 June, BelTA has learned. The president admitted that he had been considering a visit to Dzerzhinsk for a long time: “A lot of people from this district who work nearby have told me about problems here that need to be addressed. Something needs to be rectified, something needs to be...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed a decree on 20 June to bestow an Order of Honor upon Gennady Zyuganov, the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation faction in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA. Gennady Zyuganov is awarded in recognition of a considerable personal contribution to the advancement of all-round cooperation between Belarus and Russia, to the development of the...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko heard out a report of Brest Oblast Governor Yuri Shuleiko on the region’s readiness for the 2024 harvest season on 19 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “Last weekend, the president viewed the fields and crops of Grodno Oblast and Brest Oblast. Today the head of state held a meeting with Brest Oblast governor Yuri Shuleiko who presented a detailed report on the readiness of the region for the harvest season. Some...

On 18 June Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed a decree to set up a permanent working group to review the performance of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state. The working group will include independent  experts, reputable scientists with deep knowledge of and extensive experience in science and public administration. Chairman of the State Control Committee Vasily Gerasimov has been appointed head of the working...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has convened a meeting of the Security Council as a follow-up to the new National Security Concept adopted at the recent Belarusian People's Congress. Today the Security Council is set to consider a draft regulatory act related to the assessment of national security, BelTA has learned. “The concept has been approved. Our national strategic interests, threats, priority areas of their neutralization, the general vision of security have been...