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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Proposals have been submitted to amend the Belarusian Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, Chairman of the Constitutional Commission, Chairman of the Constitutional Court Piotr Miklashevich told the media on 21 July, BelTA has learned.