The current COVID-19 incidence rate is half of what was registered last autumn, learned from Belarusian Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich. According to Dmitry Pinevich, a certain increase in incidence rate was expected. Weather is partially to blame for it. “The number of infectious disease cases always rises at this time [of the year],” he stressed. “We've seen a small increase but it is much lower than last year. We are working absolutely calmly,” the official noted....

On 14 September a Belarusian delegation will head for the 15th edition of the Youth for the Union State festival, learned from the Youth Variety Theater. The BRSM Youth Union has done the necessary preparatory work and formed a delegation consisting of 100 Belarusian representatives from every region of the country. They are university and school students, young workers of various organizations and enterprises, united by the desire for creativity and friendship between the youth of...

MOSCOW, 12 September - Plans for foreign policy coordination between Belarus and Russia were discussed at the meeting of Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi and Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Rudenko on 12 September, learned from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “The meeting focused on priority issues of further development of the multifaceted cooperation between the two countries, as well as the objectives for the integration of the Union...

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) and China CAMC Engineering Co., Ltd. have signed an agreement on setting up NASB's representative office in Beijing, learned from the press service of the academy of sciences. “The main goal of the agreement is mutual support to the process of commercialization of the NASB research and development in the Chinese market. The representative office will function at Zhongguancun Science Park,” the press service said. Plans are in...

Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia have suggested including new artistic and educational projects into the budget of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, the assembly's press service told after a session of the Culture, Science, and Education Commission held in Danilov Monastery in Moscow on 7 September. Members of the Culture, Science, and Education Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia...