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The nomination of candidates for deputies has started in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Central Election Commission (CEC). Registered political parties, labor collectives and citizens have the right to nominate candidates for deputies through signature collection. The CEC recalled that persons seeking nomination and registration as parliamentary candidates must be Belarusian citizens, at least 21 years old, permanently living in the Republic of Belarus. To be nominated as candidate...

On 12 December 2023 the Council of Ministers of Belarus passed Resolution No. 869 to terminate the agreement between the government of the Republic of Belarus and the government of Ukraine on cooperation in science and technology. The document was published on the National Legal Internet Portal, BelTA has learned. The resolution terminated the Belarus-Ukraine intergovernmental agreement on sci-tech cooperation that was signed in Kiev on 17 December 1992. The Ministry of Foreign...

Minsk has made it to the 10 best places to travel with friends among Russian visitors in December, BelTA has learned. Trips to the Belarusian capital are booked for an average of three days. According to the Russian hotel and apartment booking service, the rankings also includes St. Petersburg, Moscow, Sochi, Kazan, Yalta, Gelendzhik, Krasnaya Polyana, Kaliningrad and Krasnodar. Written by  belta.by

The Belarusian State Pedagogical University and the Northwest Normal University of China signed an additional agreement on cooperation on student exchange programs, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian university. The Northwest Normal University hosted the international forum on pedagogical education “Asia-Europe 2023 and the State and Prospects of Openness of Higher Education of the Past Decade seminar. Rector of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University Aleksandr...

Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova hosted a meeting to discuss fur production at the Belarusian National Union of Consumer Societies (Belkoopsoyuz). Taking part in the meeting were representatives of the government, Belarusian state light industry concern Bellegprom and Belkoopsoyuz, BelTA reports. The meeting at the Council of the Republic was held in furtherance of the 24 November meeting with the team of the GNL design center of...

Secretary of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Elena Baldovskaya spoke about an early voting option on the single voting day in 2024 during the round table titled Upcoming Election Campaign held in BelTA's press center. “Early voting is carried out within five days ahead of the voting day. On 20-24 February voters who will not be able to come to the polling station on Sunday, 25 February, will be able to exercise their voting rights during the early voting period,”...