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Around 200 foreign nationals have received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. "For the first several days since the decree was enacted, Belarus has vaccinated citizens of Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Russia on a paid basis," the press service said. In accordance with the president's decree No. 251 of 1 July 2021, Belarus waived visa requirements for entry, temporary stay and departure...

The Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR) moved 307 positions up and is among the top 10% of the world's best universities, ranking 3279th in the latest edition of the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, BelTA learned from BSUIR press service. The ranking includes more than 31,000 universities from all over the world, including 57 Belarusian ones. As for other international rankings, BSUIR is in top three best Belarusian universities in the...

Belarus is the only one of the post-Soviet republics that has preserved high-level scientific expertise, Director of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center Mikhail Kovalchuk said during a meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in Minsk on 27 July, BelTA has learned. "I would like to congratulate you. You are the only country from among the post-Soviet republics that has preserved scientific expertise," Mikhail Kovalchuk said. “I should tell you, to the credit...

The CIS expert group on setting up a human rights commission held a meeting on 26 July, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee. “Representatives of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee discussed via video conference the draft regulations on the CIS Human Rights Commission prepared by the Russian side. It uses as models of the commission's functioning the formats already tested on...

The Presidium of the Council of the Republic held a visiting extended meeting to review the work of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee, the Vitebsk Oblast Council of Deputies with complaints from citizens and legal entities in the first half of 2021 in the town of Ushachi on 23 July . Pictured: Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova. Written by: belta.by

Residents of Vitebsk Oblast could admire the starry sky.