Russia is canceling the COVID-19 testing requirement for air travelers holding a Belarusian passport, reads the statement of the emergency response center for preventing the import and spread of the coronavirus infection in Russia, BelTA informs.  “The emergency response center decided to allow Belarusian nationals traveling by air not to present the negative PCR test result for COVID-19 upon arrival in Russia. Corresponding amendments will be introduced to the Resolution of the Chief...

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) and the Russian national research center Kurchatov Institute intend to step up cooperation in key areas of science, representatives of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus told BelTA. For the sake of more effective interaction and for the sake of getting Belarusian research organizations involved in research the Kurchatov Institute has opened a representative office at premises of the Physical-Technical Institute of the National...

The bill to amend the law of the Republic of Belarus “On the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus” passed the first reading at the final meeting of the eighth session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the seventh convocation on 30 June, BelTA has learned.  The bill was drafted by the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly in accordance with paragraph 8 of the plan of measures to bring laws into line with the...

An agreement to open two new technology and innovation support centers was signed in Grodno, BelTA has learned. The centers will operate at Yanka Kupala Grodno State University and Grodno State Agrarian University. “Quite a number of technology and innovation support centers have opened in Belarus recently. Two new ones will be launched in Grodno. These are very convenient platforms for supporting people engaged in creative activities and inventions,” said Armen Azizyan,...

The CIS member states have stepped up cooperation in the manufacturing industry, energy and transport, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee - CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev told reporters, BelTA has learned.  According to him, there is a significant increase in mutual trade between the CIS countries.  “On the one hand, we admit that this is due to the drop in trade with third countries. Yet, on the other hand, objectively, our states have intensified their interaction in...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Uzbekistan Leonid Marinich took part in the solemn ceremony of presenting diplomas to the first graduates of the Uzbekistan-Belarus faculty Innovative Pedagogy at Nizami Tashkent State Pedagogical University, BelTA learned from the Belarusian embassy in Uzbekistan. Addressing the graduates, Leonid Marinich noted that the establishment of the faculty was the result of strong partnerships and...