In the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko pardoned 16 people who committed various offenses, including those of an extremist nature, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state.

Belarus will respond to threats in the context of the hybrid war that has been waged against the country for several decades, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to honor the graduates of higher military schools and senior officers, BelTA learned.

The Belarus 1 TV channel showed the footage of a gift exchange ceremony between Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, BelTA learned.

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is drawing international attention: some wish it well while others want it to falter or even fall apart, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Minsk on 27 June, BelTA has learned.

There are currently nearly 600 cooperation agreements in effect between regions of Belarus and Russia, Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova said, BelTA has learned.

Summer is the hottest time for graduates. Both for those who left school and are taking their first steps into adulthood, and for those who graduated from universities and are starting a new chapter in the professional life. In some ways, this period is exciting for the state too. The Belarusian president called education a fundamental pillar of the state for a reason. If there are no educated, trained youth in the country today, there will be no country tomorrow, Aleksandr Lukashenko is convinced. In this episode we will tell you why Belarusian universities are increasingly keen to enroll employer-sponsored students and how they differ from tuition-free students and fee-paying students. What are the advantages of employer-sponsored training? What does the head of state require from universities and enterprises who sponsor the training?

The threat of nuclear states being drawn into direct confrontation has become quite real, Belarusian Defense Minister Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin said at the SCO Defense Ministers' Meeting, BelTA reports citing the Defense Ministry.

President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Belarus Viktor Lukashenko congratulated the sports community on the International Olympic Day, BelTA learned from the NOC press service.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Prince and 81st Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Fra' John T. Dunlap on Malta's National Day, St. John the Baptist, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg commented on his meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko on the social media platform X, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko addressed the fellow Belarusians as the country marks the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War and the Genocide of the Belarusian people on 22 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian head of state.

The EU is keeping Russia at war at the cost of Ukraine and the lives of Ukrainians, political observer with the media group Rossiya Segodnya Vladimir Kornilov told BelTA’s YouTube project V Teme [On Point].

On 19 June Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 235 to grant renters the right to purchase rental housing, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian head of state.

BelTA’s projects timed to the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory were presented at a session of the council of heads of state-run news agencies of the CIS states in St. Petersburg, Russia, BelTA has learned.