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Almost 295,000 Europeans have visited Belarus as part of the visa-waiver travel program, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. According to the State Border Committee, since the launch of the visa-waiver program for neighboring EU countries, Belarus has welcomed 294,714 foreign nationals: 189,927 Lithuanian citizens, 71,014 citizens and 21,842 non-citizens of Latvia and 11,931 Polish citizens. Over the past week, Belarus hosted 5,559 visa-waiver arrivals: 3,624...

The bill on the Belarusian People's Congress will soon be put out for public discussion, Chairperson of the Standing Commission on Legislation of the House of Representatives Svetlana Lyubetskaya told the STV TV channel, BelTA informs. “The bill has already been prepared. In line with the law, all bills should be submitted for public discussion to collect feedback that may be then taken on board. At the beginning of the week the full text of this bill will be posted on the website...

 Belarusian unmanned aerial vehicles have earned a good reputation and the demand for them is already high. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement in front of reporters as he visited the combined-arms military training area Obuz-Lesnovsky in Brest Oblast, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “Our ability to defend ourselves is probably greater today than the ability to carry out strikes.” The president stressed that the Belarusian army is...

MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE UNION STATE OF BELARUS AND RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER THE STATUS OF THE PROGRAM TO MITIGATE THE CHERNOBYL IMPACT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROGRAMS. THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY'S COMMISSION ON NATURAL RESOURCES, ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WILL MEET IN MINSK ON 25 OCTOBER, BELTA LEARNED FROM THE PA PRESS SERVICE. "The members will consider the H1 2022 results of the Union State program ‘Providing comprehensive medical care to certain...

More than 100 films will be screened during the eight days of the 28th edition of the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad in 2022, BelTA learned from the press center of the film festival.

Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Stanislav Zas is expected to pay a visit to Tajikistan on 17 October to hold meetings with the political and military leadership of the country, BelTA learned from CSTO spokesman Vladimir Zainetdinov. “During the visit, the CSTO secretary general is also set to take part in a high-level Conference on International and Regional Border Security and Management Co-operation to Counter Terrorism and Prevent the...