The health ministries of Belarus and Cuba are interested in simplified drug registration and joint production, First Deputy Healthcare Minister of Belarus Yelena Krotkova told reporters after a meeting with a Cuban delegation, BelTA has learned. According to her, Belarus' Healthcare Ministry has been cooperating with Cuba's Ministry of Public Health for more than 15 years. A number of meetings took place in 2022, and three key issues were raised at the meeting on 28 February....

China and Belarus maintain partner relations in healthcare, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Belarus Xie Xiaoyong said in an interview with BelTA in the run-up to the state visit of the highest-level Belarusian delegation to Beijing. “After the outbreak of COVID-19, China and Belarus have been helping each other and fighting the pandemic hand in hand. On the personal instructions of Aleksandr Lukashenko, a...

 A total of 84,000 Ukrainian nationals arrived in Belarus from 24 February 2022 to 24 February 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. On 24 February 2022 Belarus began accepting foreigners coming from the Ukrainian territory. Those who needed it were provided with places for temporary accommodation. The Belarusian Red Cross Society in cooperation with the Emergencies Ministry deployed mobile warming stations near the villages of Gden, Poddobryanka and the...

The Belarusian delegation is taking part in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting in Vienna, BelTA learned from the press service of the upper house of parliament. “The OSCE PA meeting is taking place in an edgy atmosphere due to the serious Russia-Ukraine crisis. The presentations by speakers and national parliamentary delegations from Western countries are one-sided and anti-Russian in nature. The parliamentarians of these countries are doing nothing to facilitate an...

Large-scale work was carried out in Belarus in 2022 to preserve and augment the country's historical and cultural heritage, Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko said at the collegium of the Culture Ministry that reviewed the state of things in culture in 2022 and set the tasks for 2023. The meeting took place at the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History, BelTA has learned. “The analysis suggests that a lot was done by cultural workers...

Russia's Leningrad Oblast is interested in the passenger vehicles made by the Belarusian automobile manufacturer MAZ, BelTA learned from the MAZ press service. A delegation led by the head of the Russia's Leningrad Oblast Committee on Transport Mikhail Prisiazhniuk visited MAZ to explore its vehicles and manufacturing facilities. The delegation also included representatives of the regional carrier companies. “We are about to launch the transport reform. Thus we are studying...