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The Soyuz MS-25 manned spacecraft with the spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus has successfully entered Earth orbit, BelTA learned from the Russian Mission Control Center.  “The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft has entered near-Earth orbit,” the Russian Mission Control Center said. The Roscosmos specialists present at the center, as well as relatives and friends of the cosmonauts applauded to the news. The crew on board consists of Commander, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg...

Outgoing MPs kept the pace of international activities high, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said at the final sitting of the tenth session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus of the seventh convocation on 21 March, BelTA has learned. “During the session, the MPs kept a high pace of international activities. We reached a new level of political interaction with China by signing an agreement on a high-level...

Belarusian Marina Vasilevskaya was approved by the State Commission as one of the members of the prime crew of the Soyuz MS-25 mission, BelTA has learned. "It is indeed a great honor for me to represent the Republic of Belarus on the International Space Station. I am ready for the flight. Ours is a tight-knit and professional crew," Marina Vasilevskaya said. As BelTA has reported, the State Commission approved the prime crew  of Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, space flight...

It is necessary to change approaches to housing provision in the country, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a government meeting, BelTA has learned. “Today we are discussing a very pressing topic that concerns most of the country’s residents. We are experiencing certain difficulties with housing construction, especially subsidized housing. It is not because we cannot build more. Apparently, the mechanisms of providing state support are no longer relevant,” said...

Uzbekistan Airways will increase the frequency  of regular flights from Tashkent to Minsk from 6 April 2024, BelTA learned from the press service of Minsk National Airport. In addition to regular flights on Mondays and Thursdays, the company will launch a flight on Saturdays. All flights connecting the capitals of Belarus and Uzbekistan depart from Minsk at 13.45 and arrive in Tashkent at 20.30. Departure from Tashkent is scheduled at 9.00 and arrival in Minsk at 12.15. All times are...

We will carry out the Belarusian People’s Congress at a high organizational level, the authority of our country will depend on it, State Secretary of the Security Council Aleksandr Volfovich told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned. The nomination of delegates for the Belarusian People’s Congress is currently underway. It is necessary to be vigilant at this stage. “We should expect provocations, and most importantly, we should be ready to respond. Therefore, all the...