Belarus has produced its first gold coin, Chairman of Belarus’ National Bank Roman Golovchenko said as he reported to the head of state on the development of the banking system in Minsk on12 August, BelTA learned.

Trade between Belarus and Russia’s Chelyabinsk Oblast is over half a billion dollars, but there is still room for improvement, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a meeting with Chelyabinsk Oblast Governor Aleksei Teksler in Minsk on 11 August, BelTA has learned.

Belarus intends to draft a concept for the development of artificial intelligence, Sergei Kruglikov, Director General of the United Institute of Informatics Problems at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, told BelTA.

Despite Western sanctions pressure, Belarus and Russia have held firm, PhD in Economics Georgy Grits said in the latest episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA's YouTube channel.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to Alassane Dramane Ouattara, President of Côte d'Ivoire, as the country celebrates Independence Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Russia had until recently hoped for a rational approach from its Western counterparts, which is why it voluntarily imposed a moratorium on the deployment of ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range missiles (INF) and has now just as voluntarily terminated it, Elena Ponomareva, Doctor of Political Science, Professor at MGIMO (Moscow State Institute of International Relations), said in the latest episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA’s YouTube channel.

On behalf of the Belarusian people and himself Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko congratulated Bolivian President Luis Arce and the people of Bolivia on the 200th anniversary of the proclamation of independence of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The disruptions in Donbass water supply amount to a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Kiev’s authorities, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov (2010-2014) said in the latest episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on BelTA’s YouTube channel.

A species of myxomycetes previously unrecorded in Belarus has been identified in Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, BelTA learned from the park's administration.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko extended greetings to employees and veterans of the Belarusian Railways as the country celebrates Railway Workers' Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.