The laws on the Belarusian People's Congress and civil society should be adopted this year, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko said at the opening of the eighth session of the House of Representatives of the seventh convocation on 15 March, BelTA has learned.  “The most important task is to start systematic work on bringing the current legislation in line with the new Constitution. We have two years to adjust about 100...

Demand for medications soared in the last few weeks but has been fully satisfied since then, BelTA learned from Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich. The official agreed that Belarusians can experience fear about shortages of various medications due to Western sanctions. The situation witnessed in the last two weeks may be described as a demand spike without going as far as panic buying. Belarusian drugstores reported a 25% increase in sales in this period. “We've fully...

The agenda of the next session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus includes 13 issues, Chairman of the Standing Commission on State Construction, Local Government and Regulations of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Valentin Semenyako told the media on 11 March, BelTA has learned. “Despite the fact that the intersession period was quite short, the standing commissions have done quite a lot of work on the agenda of the next...

The international scientific and practical round table “The fourth civilized readings in memory of Professor M.G. Pronina” takes place at the Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of of the Republic of Belarus on 11 March, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian State University.  The event will feature more than 100 scientists, doctoral and postgraduate students, undergraduates, representatives of government bodies, practicing lawyers from...

Belarus' forest reserves are projected to increase by 5% within 1.5 years, Forestry Minister of Belarus Vitaly Drozhzha told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned. “Forest restoration might be done within three years after the felling. This is the deadline stipulated by law. In reality, everything is done faster. Reforestation should outpace deforestation. There is every reason to believe that we can increase our forest reserves by 5%. I think this will be done within a year and a...

MPs of the Belarus-Russia Union State are set to consider the concept of a new hydrometeorological security program. The topic will be discussed at the session of the Ecology, Nature Management, and Accident Management Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia which will take place in Minsk and Moscow on 10 March via a video conference, BelTA learned from the press service of the Parliamentary Assembly.  “The MPs are expected to review the...