Fifty-six representatives from various fields of activity will be presented with state awards. Corresponding decree No.128 was signed by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 2 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

We are planning to put the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) into commercial operation by the end of the year, Olga Lugovskaya, the head of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department at the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor), said in an interview with the STV channel on 30 April, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko hosted a meeting on 2 May to discuss the current issues related to the country's border security and measures needed to protect it, BelTA has learned.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Colombia Nikolai Ovsyanko has held a meeting with Minister of Culture Jorge Zorro, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It is necessary to build a clear-cut system for personnel management in the regions. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during a working trip to Gomel Oblast on 28 April, BelTA has learned.

The Department of International Military Cooperation at the Defense Ministry hosted U.S. Defense Attaché in Belarus Jason Tucker, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry.

Gomel Oblast needs new drivers of economic growth, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a conference with Gomel Oblast officials, BelTA has learned.

A plant designed to destroy pesticides is supposed to open in Belarus by the end of the year, BelTA learned from Belarusian First Deputy Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Aleksandr Korbut.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa as the country celebrates Freedom Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) should offer all countries methods to minimize harm from unilateral coercive measures, Belarus' representative to the FAO Kirill Petrovsky said during a session of the FAO Council on global food security, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed his dissatisfaction with the maintance of local roads as he spoke at the meeting to discuss the development of Grodno Oblast on 24 April, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Russia's St. Petersburg will run a contest for joint sci-tech projects, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian State Committee on Science and Technology.

The results of cooperation between Belarus and St. Petersburg are impressive, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Governor of Russia's St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov in Minsk on 20 April, BelTA has learned.

On 20 April the Belarusian youth is expected to take part in the Dialogue Between the Sky and the Earth - the dialogue between the SCO youth and the crew members of the Shenzhou-15 spaceship, BelTA learned from official representative of the BRSM Central Committee, international protocol head Olesya Sazankova.

Digital economy is important for the development of the single economic space of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko said as he opened the fifth edition of the Eurasian Digital Forum on the sidelines of the TIBO 2023 international forum, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.114 on matters of state statistics on 18 April. The document is designed to bring the regulation on the National Statistics Committee into compliance with law No.238-3 of 30 December 2022 and to allow state organizations, which are authorized to keep state statistic records, to use the information system of the National Statistics Committee, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the Republic of Korea Andrei Chernetsky together with his family took part in a tree planting campaign for heads of foreign diplomatic missions accredited in Seoul, BelTA learned from the embassy.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to participants and visitors to the 29th international information and communications technology forum TIBO 2023, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state.

Minsk has been designated as the CIS Capital of Sports in 2023, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik said following the meeting of the CIS Ministerial Council held in Samarkand, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.