Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.312 on retiring and drafting personnel for active military service and reserve service on 7 August, the press service of the head of state told BelTA. The document provides for drafting male Belarusian citizens for active military service and reserve service in September-November 2024. The citizens have to be 18 years of age as of the draft day and have no draft deferment. The document also provides for drafting the citizens,...

Belarusian Education Minister Andrei Ivanets revealed some preliminary results of the 2024 university admissions process as he spoke to the media on 5 August, BelTA has learned. “This year's entrance scores for a number of specialties are quite high, despite the fact that the total number of free-tuition places has been increased by almost 3,000, primarily for the most demanded specialties - teaching, engineering and healthcare,” Andrei Ivanets said. “Today, as promised, we...

Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko told Belarus 1 TV Channel when the leaders of Venezuela and Nicaragua may visit Belarus, BelTA has learned. The journalists approached the head of government after his meeting with the president. “We have excellent relations with Nicaragua. We are waiting for President Daniel Ortega to visit us. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has also promised to visit Belarus,” Roman Golovchenko said. The prime minister added that the visits...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated active and retired employees of Belarusian Railways on their professional holiday, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state. Belarusian Railways is a key element of the country's transportation system; it has long been known for its reliability, responsibility and punctuality, the president remarked. Such a reputation has been earned by several generations of the company’s employees for more than 160...

Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Parkhomchik reviewed the performance of enterprises of the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim in January-June at a meeting of the concern's Board in Svetlogorsk, BelTA learned from the concern's press service. Chairman of the Belneftekhim Concern Andrei Rybakov noted in his report that most enterprises of the industry fulfilled output targets. Growth was reported across key product groups. The deputy prime minister assessed...