Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko reported on the status of a draft law on civil society at a conference hosted by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, BelTA has learned.  "The government should acknowledge the activity of people, build appropriate work with them in order to have support in the form of a socially responsible civil society. A new law is needed to build on the forms of interaction that have already developed in practice," said Igor...

Over 120 lawyers of the Minsk Oblast Bar Association led by Chairman Maksim Tereshkov helped beautify the territory of the World War Two memorial complex Khatyn, BelTA has learned. The lawyers worked for hours and did a considerable amount of beautification and dismantling of old structures of the complex. Minsk Oblast lawyers are proud of having contributed to the renovation of the memorial complex Khatyn in the Year of Historical Memory, representatives of the Belarusian National Bar...

Latvian teenager Ilya Karoza, who interviewed the Belarusian president, and his family received Belarusian passports in a ceremony in Vitebsk on 29 August, BelTA has learned.  The Latvian teenager interviewed the Belarusian president during the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk and became persona non grata in Latvia. His family moved to Vitebsk and found support, friends and a new home here. Ilya's mother, Natalya, thanked all the Belarusians for their support, the president - for his big...

The president's busy schedule is an answer to the questions that the year 2022 puts before our country and our region, before the whole planet, Press Secretary of the Belarusian President Natalya Eismont said in an interview to ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned. “The busy schedule is an answer to the questions that 2022 poses to our country and our region, to the entire planet. The previous years were not easy for us either. But the year 2022 is the ultimate concentration: a military...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Kingdom of the Netherlands Andrei Yeudachenka and embassy staff met with students of Leiden University on 24 August, BelTA learned from the Belarusian foreign mission in the Netherlands. "The Belarusian embassy hosted a meeting of Belarusian diplomats with a group of students of the International Relations Department of Leiden University. Topical issues of Belarus' foreign policy, bilateral relations between...

The existing centralized testing system does not always properly evaluate prospective university students despite all the steps taken to improve it. This is why approaches to changing the system for the better should be worked out soon. Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko made the statement at a session of the administration's board, BelTA has learned. Igor Sergeyenko said that during the government conference held on the previous day to discuss the development of...