About 500 new conscripts of the 103rd Independent Guards Airborne Brigade in Vitebsk took the military oath on 20 November 2021. Written by: belta.by

Refugees on the border continue to receive all necessary assistance, BelTA has learned. Today is the 12th day as refugees have been trapped on the Belarusian-Polish border. There are currently about 2,000 people in a temporary accommodation facility set up at the logistics hub. Belarus has provided them with everything they need, food, in particular. For example, the refugees got buckwheat porridge with meat for lunch today. In the food distribution tent people may receive other...

Yesterday the atmosphere in the refugee camp near the checkpoint was not as positive as in the logistics center that accommodated about a thousand refugees but calm. Hundreds of people still remain here, BelTA has learned. People are making fires and sleeping in tents. Children spend time playing impromptu games. "As long as the weather allows, we will be here until the issue is resolved," said Mehmed, a Kurdish refugee from Iraq. “We still have hopes for the goodwill of the Polish...

Over the past 24 hours, Belarusian medics provided medical care to 15 refugees in the border area near the Bruzgi checkpoint, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. Last night, four people, including one child, turned to a emergency medical assistance team which is on standby in the logistics center. The one-year baby was diagnosed with acute gastroenteritis and admitted together with the mother in the children's regional hospital. Doctors stabilized his...

A solemn ceremony to launch the 14th Belarusian Antarctic expedition took place in the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB), the NASB press service told BelTA. A total of 11 people led by irreplaceable Aleksei Gaidashov will travel to Antarctica this year. The expedition includes scientific personnel from institutions of the National Academy of Sciences (the national center for polar research, the Physics Institute, the United Informatics Institute, the applied science center for...

Belarusian defense companies will participate in the 17th international aerospace expo Dubai Airshow 2021 in Dubai, UAE on 14-18 November, the press service of the State Authority for Military Industry of Belarus told BelTA. Belarusian defense companies will participate in the expo via a joint stand of the State Authority for Military Industry of Belarus and via a business visit. Products and services of a number of Belarusian defense companies will be demonstrated at the joint stand....