Belarus and Kazakhstan intend to intensify cooperation in science and technology. This topic was discussed during a video conference meeting of the Belarus-Kazakhstan commission on sci-tech cooperation, BelTA learned from the press service of the State Committee on Science and Technology. The commission is co-chaired by First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus Denis Korzhitsky and by Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan...

Minsk has hosted ministerial consultations to discuss cooperation between the CIS member states and the OSCE, as well as interaction with the European Union, NATO and other European organizations, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee. Taking part in the event were representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and the CIS Executive Committee. During the consultations, representatives of...

Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs and National Security of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Sergei Rachkov took part in a webinar of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to discuss parliamentary solidarity for refugee inclusion in education on 13 November, BelTA learned from the press service of the upper house of parliament. Issues related to training of refugees are regulated by education laws of the Republic of Belarus, noted Sergei...

About 200 creative New Year's projects by schoolchildren and students of colleges and lyceums from all over Vitebsk Oblast are presented at the competitive exhibition TechnoYolka which opened in the Vitebsk regional palace of children and youth. The exhibits are made of wood, metal, plastic, fabric, glass, plasticine, natural material and all kinds of household items, which are assembled in unusual compositions. The winning projects will go to Minsk to represent Vitebsk Oblast in the national...

On 10 November, the Third Committee of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus the traditional Belarusian resolution " Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons”, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The resolution, which has been adopted by the UN General Assembly since 2006, is a practical contribution to the development of the initiative put forward by Belarusian President Aleksandr...

Everything must be done to ensure that tragedies like Khatyn never happen again, France's Chargé d'Affaires in Belarus Ludovic Royer told reporters as he visited the Khatyn memorial complex near Minsk on 10 November, BelTA has learned. "11 November is observed as Remembrance Day in Europe. Every year, we, together with the British Ambassador, the U.S. Ambassador when he is in Minsk, visit different places. Last year we went to the cemetery in Minsk, this year we chose Khatyn. We were...