The election campaign period ahead of the 2024 single voting day kicked off in Belarus on 31 January, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the anniversary of his enthronement, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

District and territorial election commissions completed the registration of candidates for the 2024 election campaign in Belarus on 30 January, BelTA learned from the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko outlined the main tasks and areas of cooperation in the Union State in the short and long term as he spoke at the Union State Supreme State Council summit, BelTA has learned.

Belarus managed to preserve and improve scientific competences after the collapse of the USSR, which allowed contemporary Belarusian science to show good results, Chief Academic Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vasily Gursky told a press conference, BelTA has learned.

We did some serious work together with Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent days, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State in St. Petersburg, BelTA has learned.

Belarus will assist African countries in developing the healthcare sector, Belarusian Healthcare Minister Aleksandr Khodzhayev said in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel on 28 January, BelTA has learned.

The 28 January agenda was mainly focused on economic and military-industrial matters, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the start of the talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Konstantinovsky Palace, BelTA has learned. 

The Republican Council for Historic Policy under the Belarus President Administration and the interagency commission on historic enlightenment under the Russian president have signed a memorandum of understanding, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to President of India Droupadi Murmu and all Indian people as the country celebrates Republic Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Belarus’ Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Kubrakov and Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage of Zimbabwe Kazembe Kazembe have signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at increasing the criminal prevention potential of the two countries, BelTA learned from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Quality medical care should be available and accessible in rural areas and small towns, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he appointed Aleksandr Khodzhayev as a new Healthcare Minister of Belarus, BelTA has learned.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State will hold parliamentary hearings “Promoting cooperation in tourism in the Union State” in Smolensk on 30 January, BelTA learned from the Parliamentary Assembly’s press service.

In line with decrees signed by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 23 January, Maksim Yermolovich and Valentin Tataritsky will move to new jobs at the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state.

In addition to the CIS election observation mission, Belarus’ Central Election Commission (CEC) invited representatives of the SCO, the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, the Belarus-Russia Union State and individual experts, including from the EU countries, to monitor Belarus’ parliamentary and local elections, Chairman of the Central Election Commission Igor Karpenko told journalists after meeting with Sergei Lebedev, CIS Secretary General and head of the CIS observation mission for Belarus’ elections on the single voting day, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has approved decisions on the protection of the state border by border guards, as well as on the protection of the airspace for 2024, BelTA has learned.

The strengthening of the common humanitarian, educational and scientific space of the CIS countries was discussed at the extended meeting of the Coordinating Council of the Forum of Rectors of Humanities Universities and Deans of Humanities Faculties of the CIS Member States in Moscow on 18 January, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated active and retired employees of Belarus’ diplomatic service on their professional holiday, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Capabilities of Belarusian enterprises will be used as much as possible in the course of creating a new Belarusian-Russian satellite for the remote sensing of Earth, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov told BelTA after Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with top officials of the Council of Ministers on 18 January.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated active and retired workers of emergency agencies and units on their professional holiday - Rescuer Day and the 25th anniversary of emergency agencies, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.