The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Russian state corporation Roscosmos will expand cooperation, the press service of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus told BelTA.  A videoconference meeting of Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov and Director General of the Russian state space industry corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin has taken place. Vladimir Gusakov and Dmitry Rogozin discussed topical avenues of...

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuri Ambrazevich has met with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Belarus Tanja Radocaj to discuss cooperation between Belarus and UNICEF, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Yuri Ambrazevich emphasized the importance of cooperation with UNICEF for Belarus. UNICEF is an important partner of the Belarusian government when it comes to improving national policies and practices aimed at...

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has brought in a bill to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The bill allows the state corporation Roscosmos to employ citizens and companies from Belarus for works and services relating to the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome, BelTA has learned.  The bill empowers Roscosmos and its organizations to employ Belarusian citizens and companies for the sake of performing activities in the territory of the restricted-access administrative and...

Minister of Housing and Utilities Andrei Khmel delivered a report on the state of things in Belarus' housing and utilities sector at a meeting hosted by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, BelTA has learned. Andrei Khmel noted that the issues that concern people the most in the housing and utilities sector are costs, quality and promptness of the provision of housing and utilities services. He recalled that local authorities in the regions were allowed to appoint providers of...

The Ministry of Communications and Informatization will be granted new functions in the field of digitalization, Minister of Communications and Informatization Konstantin Shulgan told reporters following his meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to discuss the draft decree on the establishment of a digital development and informatization agency, BelTA has learned. “The main new function is to elaborate and coordinate the government policy. Development cannot be stopped,...

There are plans to adopt a set of tax exemptions in order to develop the tourism industry, BelTA learned from Belarusian Sports and Tourism Minister Sergei Kovalchuk as the international tourism services expo Leisure 2022 opened in Minsk on 31 March.  Sergei Kovalchuk said: “Today we have all the opportunities for the development of domestic tourism. We've been dreaming of demonstrating our own brand for many years and we are now ready to develop this sector. We are considering a...