Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed laws on preventing the rehabilitation of Nazism and amending the laws on counteracting extremism. Both laws had been passed by the Belarusian parliament and are registered in the national registry of legal acts of the Republic of Belarus, which means they have been signed by the head of state, BelTA has learned.

Green mobility makes small towns more comfortable and greener, expands opportunities for new digital technologies, and stimulates new partnerships and interregional interaction, BelTA learned the UNDP office in Belarus as it summed up the results of the Green Cities project.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko spoke about the prospects for cooperation with Russia as he received the credentials from foreign ambassadors in Minsk on 13 May, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian Healthcare Ministry together with the Russian Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) is conducting a study of herd immunity against COVID-19 in Belarus.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with senior members of the Constitutional Commission of Belarus on 13 May, BelTA has learned.

As of 1 May 2021, 98,561 deposit accounts were opened for large families under Belarus' family capital program, 16,182 of which were opened under the new program for 2020-2024, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.

A project to study immunity against COVID-19 has started in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

A solemn procession went from Lenina Square to Pobedy Square where flowers were laid at a monument in honor of Soviet soldiers, partisans, and underground resistance fighters of Vitebsk Oblast as part of the celebration of Victory Day in Vitebsk on 9 May.