Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed the Culture Code of the Republic of Belarus which had been passed by the House of Representatives and approved by the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The Culture Code has been prepared for the first time and does not have analogues in the post-Soviet space. It relies on the norms of such Belarusian laws as "Concerning culture in the Republic of...

An internal emergency response plan will be worked out for the Belarusian nuclear power plant in 2017, BelTA learned from the review of the nuclear and radiation safety in the Republic of Belarus in 2015. According to the review, the state emergency prevention system is being enhanced taking into account the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. A plan has been adopted in Belarus to improve the national nuclear and radiation accident response system. Among other things the...

Belarus intends to raise its transit revenues up to $1.5 billion by 2020, BelTA learned from Belarusian Transport and Communications Minister Anatoly Sivak during the session of the Council of Ministers Presidium on 12 July. The session was held to discuss the draft national program on developing the logistics system and the transit potential in 2016-2020. In line with the draft program the volume of logistics services is supposed to increase by 50%, the total warehouse area in logistics...

District election commissions have so far registered 227 initiative groups to collect signatures in support of prospective candidates for the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the sixth convocation, BelTA learnt from the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus. According to the latest data, a total of 330 applications for registration of initiative groups have been filed to the CEC. One of them has been withdrawn, four more have been denied. Others are under...

I welcome the eagerness of young people to work and take the initiative, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said when speaking at the national gala for university graduates, BelTA has learned. "I see the eagerness of young generation to work productively and take the initiative. I welcome this. After all, it will be you who will harness new technologies, develop manufactures and services industry, raise the Belarusian culture and science to the leading positions in the world,"...

More than 20 government programs will be implemented in Belarus in the current five-year period, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said when speaking at the 5th Belarusian People's Congress, BelTA has learned. "In 2016-2020 we are set to carry out more than 20 government programs. Roughly two-thirds of the budgetary funds allocated for these programs will be invested in the social sector: first of all, in medicine, education, culture, family support, and social protection," the...