The 29th session of the consultative council of heads of consular services of the CIS member states took place on 7 June in the form of a videoconference, BelTA has learned. Delegations of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan took part in the session. A delegation from Turkmenistan was present as an observer. The Belarusian delegation was led by Andrei Kozhan, Head of the Central Consular Office of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs....

On 7 June a reinforced battalion of the 103rd Vitebsk Independent Guards Airborne Brigade of the Special Operations Forces Command teamed up with the border service to practice crossing a water obstacle – the Sozh River – while having to deal with diversionary units of the simulated enemy.

The child and family welfare system in Belarus is clear and consistent, Belarus' Labor and Social Security Minister Irina Kostevich said on the air of the ONT TV channel, BelTA informs. “The child welfare system (which can be referred to as family welfare system) has a long history,” said Irina Kostevich. “Today it is multifaceted and smooth and includes financial support, benefits and guarantees that are provided to a child from birth to adulthood. This system has been...

This year salaries of healthcare workers will not be lower than those paid last year, Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told journalists during the solemn opening of Mogilev Children's Polyclinic No. 1 on 1 June, BelTA has learned. Answering the question of journalists what contributes to the retention of medical personnel, the minister said: “Salary is an important factor here. In this regard, Decree No. 131 “On financial incentives for healthcare workers” passed by the head...

2022 marks the 1030th anniversary of the founding of the Polotsk Eparchy, the first one in the Belarusian lands. In honor of the 1030th anniversary of Orthodoxy in the Belarusian lands, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will lead the Divine Liturgy in Savior and St Euphrosyne Convent in Polotsk on 5 June, BelTA learned from the Polotsk Eparchy. "The main events will be held in Savior and St Euphrosyne Convent. At 10.00 Patriarch Kirill will meet with the clergy and then will...