A coordinating conference took place in the Central House of Officers in Minsk to discuss the organization of applications of a united system for radar-based friend-or-foe identification, representatives of the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA. Representatives of seven countries took part in the conference: Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Armenia. Participants of the conference discussed matters concerning a draft instruction on combat...

Belarus and Hong Kong have completed consultations on the preparation of international legal agreements, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Justice Ministry. Taking part in the negotiations were representatives of the Belarusian Justice Ministry, the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General's Office, the Investigative Committee and the Internal Affairs Ministry, and representatives of the Department of Justice on Hong Kong's behalf. The delegations reached agreement on...

The agenda of the forthcoming session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus will include 14 issues, Chairman of the Standing Committee on State Construction, Local Self-Government and Regulations of the House of Representatives Valentin Semenyako told the media on 18 September, BelTA has learned. “As for the agenda of the session, it is expected to include 14 issues,” Valentin Semenyako said. Six of them will go through the first reading, four more will...

The cooperation that we are establishing in education will help bring our countries closer together, Rector of the Brazilian Federal University of Minas Gerais Sandra Regina Goulart Almeida said during a ceremony to sign the memorandum of understanding in Belarusian State Economic University (BSEU), BelTA has learned. The delegation included the university's Rector Sandra Regina Goulart Almeida and Director of the university's Office of International Affairs Aziz Saliba and also...

A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia is set to take part in the Ninth Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Hanoi on 15-17 September, BelTA learned from the House of Representatives. Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly Commission on Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism Sergei Klishevich will take part in the event. The Conference will highlight the rising importance of technology and...

In January-August of 2023, Belarus was the most popular destination for Russian tourists. This is a continuation of the trend of 2022, according to Filip Guly, Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian Tourism Industry Union, BelTA has learned. The sanctions pressure has had a certain impact. "In addition, this is a natural process of the post-pandemic market. A significant factor is an extensive flight program with Russian regions. In 2023, residents of Ufa, Perm, Nizhny Novgorod, Pskov...