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Belarusian pharmaceutical companies are taking part in the 26th Tashkent International Healthcare Exhibition (TIHE 2022) that is running in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 12-14 April, BelTA informs citing the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. Taking part in the exhibition are enterprises that make part of the Belpharmprom holding company (Belmedpreparaty, Ekzon, Minskintercaps). They showcase their products at a collective stand. These products include well-known medicines and new...

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia is launching direct flights to Kazan and Yekaterinburg of Russia, BelTA learned from the press service of the airline. Flights to Kazan will be operated twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, flights to Yekaterinburg – twice a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Extension of flight cancellations to Krasnodar is still valid through 29 April, to Tel Aviv through 17 April.

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Russian state corporation Roscosmos will expand cooperation, the press service of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus told BelTA. A videoconference meeting of Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov and Director General of the Russian state space industry corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin has taken place. Vladimir Gusakov and Dmitry Rogozin discussed topical avenues of...

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich has met with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Belarus Tanja Radocaj to discuss cooperation between Belarus and UNICEF, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Yuri Ambrazevich emphasized the importance of cooperation with UNICEF for Belarus. UNICEF is an important partner of the Belarusian government when it comes to improving national policies and practices aimed...

Minister of Housing and Utilities Andrei Khmel delivered a report on the state of things in Belarus' housing and utilities sector at a meeting hosted by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, BelTA has learned. Andrei Khmel noted that the issues that concern people the most in the housing and utilities sector are costs, quality and promptness of the provision of housing and utilities services. He recalled that local authorities in the regions were allowed to appoint providers...

The Ministry of Communications and Informatization will be granted new functions in the field of digitalization, Minister of Communications and Informatization Konstantin Shulgan told reporters following his meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to discuss the draft decree on the establishment of a digital development and informatization agency, BelTA has learned. “The main new function is to elaborate and coordinate the government policy. Development cannot be...