As of 1 June 2022, a total of 116 470 deposit accounts were opened for large families under Belarus' family capital program, including 82,500 deposit accounts at the total amount of $825 million and 33,900 deposit accounts at the total amount of Br739 million, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry. A total of 58,53 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 50,488 applied to use the money to improve housing conditions,...

More than 45,000 Ukrainian nationals arrived in Belarus since February, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.

On 11 August Minsk bid farewell to the former head of the BSSR Nikolai Slyunkov in a ceremony at the Central House of Officers.

Head of the International Military Cooperation Department, Aide for International Military Cooperation to the Belarusian Defense Minister, Colonel Valery Revenko met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Cuba to Belarus Santiago Perez Benitez on 10 August, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Defense Ministry.

About 200 writers will attend the 29th edition of the Belarusian Written language Day in Dobrush on 3-4 September, the honorary chairman of the Union of Writers of Belarus, People's Writer of Belarus Nikolai Cherginets said at a press conference, BelTA has learned.

It is necessary to increase the share of Belarusian light industry goods on the store shelves in Belarus, Chairwoman of the Belarusian light industry concern Bellegprom Tatiana Lugina said on the air of the ONT TV channel, BelTA informs.  “There is room for growth, we need to increase the share of Belarusian light industry products on the shelves of our stores. Of course, this task should be addressed by manufacturers and us, coordinators of this activity. We should not waste a single...