Belarus has begun to supply its goods through Russian ports and will expand this format of cooperation, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he spoke to foreign and Belarusian journalists in Minsk on 16 February, BelTA has learned.

Chairman of the Belarusian State Customs Committee Vladimir Orlovsky met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kyrgyzstan to Belarus Ermek Ibraimov, BelTA learned from the State Customs Committee.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko extended greetings to the people of Lithuania as the country celebrates the national holiday - Restoration of the State Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Türkiye to the Republic of Belarus Mustafa Özcan on 15 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On 14 February Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed laws on interaction between government agencies (organizations) and civil society, on the formation and activities of political parties and other public associations, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

As of 1 February 2023, a total of 122,897 deposit accounts were opened for large families under Belarus' family capital program, including about 82,600 deposit accounts at the total amount of $826 million and 40,300 deposit accounts at the total amount of Br964 million, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed a decree “On rental housing for the military” that lays out the procedure and the terms for the transfer of ownership of rental housing to military personnel, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Belarus' humanitarian cargo has reached Syria, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Belarusian citizens should be able to afford imported goods, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting on pricing matters in Minsk, BelTA reports.

The Belarusian People's Congress will be held in late April 2024, Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Olga Chupris told the media ahead of a meeting of the collegium of the Justice Ministry, BelTA has learned.

The scientific community should focus on practice-oriented topics, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to award Doctor of Sciences diplomas and professor certificates to scientific and pedagogical workers in Minsk on 9 February, BelTA has learned.

The CIS ministerial consultations on the topic "On cooperation within the CIS in 2023" were held at the CIS headquarters in Minsk on 7-8 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee.

The Belarusian People's Congress bill has been signed into law by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The amount of material damage for Belarus from the Nazi atrocities during the Great Patriotic War is estimated at least at $2.3 trillion, Belarus' Prosecutor General Andrei Shved said in an interview to Belarus 1 TV Channel, BelTA has learned.

The planned amendments to the laws on banking activity became the topic of a government meeting hosted by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 7 February, BelTA has learned.

Participnats in the St Petersburg Labor Forum are set to discuss the ways to regulate migration processes in the CIS, BelTA learned from the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly.

In connection with the devastating earthquakes in Syria and Turkiye, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko heard a report from Emergencies Minister Vadim Sinyavsky on the readiness of the Emergencies Ministry of Belarus to provide assistance to the affected states, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leaders.

More than 5,655 Ukrainian nationals have arrived in Belarus since 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus.

The upcoming week in the working schedule of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko will be devoted to economic and security issues, Press Secretary of the Belarusian leader Natalya Eismont said in an interview on 5 February, BelTA has learned.

The next meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will take place in Russia's Sochi on 7-9 June, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich told the media following the session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Almaty on 3 February, BelTA has learned.