В Витебской области проживает более 264 тыс. пожилых граждан, из них 140 тыс. одиноко проживающих, 19 тыс. – одиноких, 55,3 тыс. инвалидов, 251 ветеран Великой Отечественной войны. Социальную помощь оказывают 25 территориальных центров социального обслуживания населения,...

Belarusian signal troops use only Belarusian communication solutions. Chief Signal Officer of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Chief of the Signal Office of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Major-General Oleg Mishchenko made the statement on the air of the TV channel Belarus One, BelTA has learned. Belarusian military signal specialists celebrated their professional holiday the other day. According to Oleg Mishchenko, they have managed to radically change the approach to...

  Belarus and Kazakhstan intend to step up freight shipment by rail. The plans were mentioned during a roundtable session held in Astana to promote Belarusian Railways' transport and logistic potential for transporting exports and imports to and from Kazakhstan, BelTA has learned.   The event gathered over 80 participants representing about 40 Kazakh companies specializing in mining, oil extraction, chemical industry, gas industry, metallurgy, agriculture, shipping companies,...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko will host a meeting at the Palace of Independence on 20 October to discuss the formation of the Belarusian People's Congress and amendments to the electoral legislation, BelTA informs citing the Pul Pervogo Telegram channel.   The bills on the Belarusian People's Congress and on amendments to the electoral legislation have already been prepared. A number of points in these bills have caused serious debate.   The president and experts...

The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor) and the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center have taken part in a plantwide emergency response drill at the Belarusian nuclear power plant, BelTA has learned. Gosatomnadzor provides regulatory oversight over emergency response events in the area of nuclear and radiation safety. Some Gosatomnadzor personnel were at the site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant in order to monitor the...