The CIS Plenipotentiaries Council is expected to convene in Minsk on 3 December, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee. The experts will harmonize a joint plan of activities of the CIS Executive Committee, the CIS Council of Permanent Representatives and the Economic Affairs Commission at the CIS Economic Council to implement the instructions pursuant to the decisions adopted at the meetings of the CIS Council of Heads of State (11 October), the CIS Heads...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will be on a working trip to Kyrgyzstan on 27-28 November. The Belarusian head of state is to take part in a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The summit will start with a narrow-participation session to be followed by a plenary session that will be attended by heads of the foreign ministries, defense ministries and...

Partnership of the state and the private sector in the sphere of innovations is a necessary condition for the dynamic development of the country. Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Rumas made the statement during the opening ceremony of the Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) on 18 November, BelTA has learned. The head of government noted that innovations are the main theme of the forum this year. “The dynamic development of our country needs an effective partnership of the state and...

Early voting to choose members of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the seventh convocation commenced in Belarus on 12 November, BelTA has learned.  In line with the election plan, early voting will run through 16 November. Belarusians will be able to cast their votes from 10:00 till 14:00 and from 16:00 till 19:00.  Some 5,831 polling stations were set up in Belarus. Early voting will not be administered at polling stations set up at sanatoriums,...

Belarus’ National Art Museum ranks high among the world’s leading museums, Belarus Culture Minister Yuri Bondar said at the official ceremony celebrating the 80th anniversary of the museum, BelTA has learned. “Eighty years is four generations of people. But for a cultural institution  this might be a short period. However, thanks to its achievements and attitude to art, the National Art Museum has ranked high among the leading museums of the world,” Yuri Bondar said....