MINSK, 24 August – The Economy Ministry has analyzed intermediate results of realization of government programs in 2022 and has evaluated prospects of taking the steps and achieving the specified results, has learned. As many as 24 social and economic programs are being implemented this year just like the previous year. The programs provide for over 1,600 measures, steps, and projects. Customers estimate that at least 90% of them (about 1,500) will be fulfilled. As many as 164...

MINSK, 23 August – As the summer is coming to a close, so is the second season of the sports and cultural festival "Vytoki. A Step Towards Olympus". Its final leg will be held in the town of Kopyl known for its rich cultural and literary traditions on 26-27 August, learned from the press service of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus. Many famous figures of Belarusian culture and literature, history, politics, healthcare, sports hail from Kopyl District, Minsk Oblast. The...

The 13th meeting of the Coordinating Council for Emergencies of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states with the participation of the emergencies ministers of the CSTO member states took place in Moscow on 18 August. Belarusian Emergencies Minister Vadim Sinyavsky attended the meeting as well, learned from the press service of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry. The event was also attended by Emergencies Minister of Armenia Armen Pambukhchyan, Emergencies...

A Belarusian team won gold during the shooting stage of the Military Rally competition held as part of the International Army Games 2022, learned from the Belarusian Defense Ministry. Sergeant Vadim Kravchenko and Guards Private Kirill Yanushkevich successfully accomplished their tasks during the shooting stage while driving a Tiger armored vehicle. The two soldiers hit targets with machine gun fire while driving the Tiger vehicle. They had to shoot during brief stops at popup...

CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev and Director of the Europe and Central Asia Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross Ariane Bauer exchanged views on the humanitarian situation in the CSTO areas of responsibility and border areas in the context of growing international tensions at a meeting in Moscow, learned from the CSTO press service. "The parties reaffirmed commitment to developing cooperation between the CSTO and the ICRC in key areas of international...