The New Year's charity campaign Our Children will be running in Belarus from 15 December to 15 January, Deputy Head of the Department of Social, Educational and Ideological Work at the Education Ministry Yelena Simakova told reporters, BelTA reports. The nationwide campaign will involve more than 20,000 children. Many events throughout the country will be held at the regional level. The purpose of the campaign is to support children who are in need of help and support. The organizers are...

Servicemen must be provided with a possibility of buying out rental housing, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss housing for the military and persons with the similar status, BelTA has learned. Currently, more than 33,000 people in uniforms are on the waiting list for better housing. As the president noted, the government proposes to solve the housing issue primarily by providing rental apartments. "The availability of rental housing not only stimulates...

MINSK, 1 December (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko convened a meeting on 1 December to discuss the country's defense issues, BelTA has learned. “Today we will discuss the military and political situation around our country and measures of further response to it,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko. According to the president, all law enforcement agencies have noted an increase in the number of provocations near the state border. “Ukraine is using any pretext to draw the...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has set off on a working visit to Armenia, BelTA has learned. The head of state is set to take part in a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on 23 November. The event will be held one-on-one and with the participation of delegations. The leaders will discuss current problems of international and regional security and the main results of CSTO activities during the intersessional...

As of 1 November 2022, a total of 119,872 deposit accounts were opened for large families under Belarus' family capital program, including 82,500 deposit accounts at the total amount of $825 million and 37,300 deposit accounts at the total amount of Br886 million, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry. A total of 63,926 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 53,902 applied to use the money to improve housing...

According to the bill on amendments to the law "On the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus", the Office of the Council of Ministers shall receive the status of a state body, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told reporters, BelTA has learned. "The first task we needed to address was simple. This is bringing the law on the Council of Ministers in line with the amendments to the Constitution. To avoid legal conflicts, we simply duplicated the basic norms that were...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko instructed to complete the harvesting campaign by 7 November as he met with Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko to receive his report, BelTA has learned. "The most important thing is to complete the harvesting campaign. Good weather has set in. We need to finish harvesting corn for grain immediately. We had rains, than frosty weather. What is happening to the grain? It cracks and is lost. Therefore, it is important we complete the harvesting corn...

The bill on amendments to the Electoral Code of Belarus has been submitted to public debate, BelTA has learned. The draft law of the Amendments to the Electoral Code of Belarus is available on the website of the Legal Forum of Belarus. “Public debate will be running from 24 October to 2 November," said Andrei Matelsky, director of the national center for legal information. “The organizers of the public debate will summarize proposals on the content of the bill and use them in the...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed a bill on licensing into law, BelTA has learned. The law preserves the main approaches to licensing as specified by Belarus president decree No.450 “On licensing certain kinds of activities” of 1 September 2010 and enables continuity of basic licensing principles. In particular, the law regulates the entire licensing sphere in a systemic and comprehensive manner. Among other things it defines what kinds of activity need to be...

A package of documents was signed following official talks between Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe, BelTA has learned. The parties signed intergovernmental cooperation agreements in the youth policy and trade. A cooperation roadmap for 2022-2026 was also approved. A agreement on cooperation in combating corruption was signed by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Belarus and the Agency for State Financial Control...