Another 117 places of mass execution were identified in Belarus in 2022, Belarus' Prosecutor General Andrei Shved told journalists at the Khatyn memorial complex on 22 March, BelTA has learned. “This place is sacred to all of us; it embodies the tragedy that took place here during the Great Patriotic War. We are actively investigating the facts of the genocide, and every day more and more information is coming to the surface. Thus, a group of specialists of the Prosecutor General's...

A session of the expert council on the development of physical education and sport in Belarus took place in the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus on 22 March. Chaired by Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova, the session focused on ways to stimulate athletes to achieve high results and enable effective conditions of organization of the educational and training process, BelTA has learned.  Natalya...

Chairman of the Standing Commission on Foreign Affairs and National Security of the Council of the Republic Sergei Rachkov took part in a meeting of the Eurasia Group coordinating joint action of the parliamentary delegation of the CIS member state on the sidelines od the 144th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary in Nusa Dua, Indonesia on 20 March, BelTA learned from the press service of the upper house of Belarusian Parliament. The meeting was presided by Aigul Kuspan, the chairpersonof...

Belarus' Deputy Information Minister Igor Buzovsky unveiled the details of the Minsk International Book Fair 2022 that will be held at the BelExpo exhibition center on 23-27 March, BelTA has learned.  “The book exhibition has already become a landmark and has won a name for itself in Belarus and far beyond. The number of participants is a testimony to that. This year will be no exception. We have done our best to make this exhibition a remarkable event and another milestone in the...

Over 5.268 million people in Belarus have completed the COVID-19 vaccination process, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.  As many as 56.3% of the Belarusian citizens are now fully vaccinated.  As of 16 March over 5.792 million people have got the first shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. The first-dose coverage reached 61.9% of the country's population.  Over 71,500 teenagers aged 12-17 have received one shot of the vaccine, of them more than 47,800...

Belarusian medical scientists might take part in Russia's project to create a kefir-based vaccine against COVID-19. Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich met with State Secretary of the Belarus-Russia Union State Dmitry Mezentsev to discuss new cooperation opportunities and projects in the Union State, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.  At the meeting Director of the Institute of Experimental Medicine, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences...