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The Council of Ministers decided to set up a state commission to select a site for a radioactive waste storage facility. The decision  is stipulated in government decree No.158 of 7 March 2024, which has been officially published on the national legal internet portal. According to the document, the state commission will be headed by Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Parkhomchik. The commission will comprise representatives of the Emergencies Ministry, Energy Ministry, National...

The nomination of candidates for delegates to the Belarusian People’s Congress is beginning on 12 March, BelTA has learned. Prospective delegates are nominated by organizational structures from the regions and the city of Minsk and are elected by the governing bodies of civil society entities from among members of these entities (they should be members of this civil society entity). There should be delegates from each region and the city of Minsk. Prospective delegates to the...

A total of 47,750 foreign nationals have visited Belarus without visas since 1 January 2024, BelTA has learned from the State Border Committee. These included 26,634 citizens of Lithuania, 9,853 citizens and 2,384 non-citizens of Latvia, and 8,879 citizens of Poland. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program, Belarus has welcomed a total of 848,356 visitors, including 521,845 citizens of Lithuania, 194,654 citizens and 58,499 non-citizens of Latvia, and 73,358 citizens of Poland....

More than 30 applications from young women representing eight countries were submitted to the organizating committee of the Grace International contest of national cultures, creativity and beauty in Vitebsk, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk Cultural Center. Applications were accepted until 5 March. Applications were received from young women aged 18 to 30 years studying at Belarusian universities. Traditionally, contestants will include representatives of Belarus, Russia, China, Venezuela,...

The updated Constitution is a guarantee of progressive constitutional development of the Republic of Belarus in the long term. This is the introductory part of the address to the Belarusian president and the National Assembly “On the state of constitutional legitimacy in the Republic of Belarus” which was voiced by chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus Piotr Miklashevich on 5 March, BelTA has learned. “The updated Constitution is a guarantee of progressive constitutional...

Given the scale of the tasks facing the healthcare system, there is no time to waste, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Healthcare Minister Aleksandr Khodzhayev, BelTA has learned. On 5 March, the prime minister received Healthcare Minister Aleksandr Khodzhayev with a report. The agenda of the meeting included the changes in the structure of the central office of the Healthcare Ministry, the  pharmaceutical industry, the regulation of prices for paid services...