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A Belarusian delegation is attending the Congress of the Universal Postal Union in Riyadh, BelTA learned from the press service of the Communications and Informatization Ministry of Belarus.

The Belarusian State University (BSU) has improved its positions in the recently published Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2024, BelTA learned from the Belarusian university. BSU has been the only Belarusian university represented in the rankings for the past nine years. According to the Times Higher Education Rankings published on 27 September, BSU rose from 1501+ to 1201+. The 2024 rankings include 1,904 universities from about 30,000 universities around the...

Belavia will launch regular flights from Gomel to Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport on 29 October, BelTA reports citing the airline's Telegram channel. Minsk - Moscow (Vnukovo) - Gomel - Moscow (Vnukovo) - Minsk flights will be available three times a week: on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The aircraft will depart from Gomel at 20:00 and arrive at the Moscow airport at 21:25. The return flight will depart from Moscow at 17:40 to arrive in Gomel at 19:05. Promo tickets will be...

The 34th meeting of the CIS Advisory Committee of Legal Services of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs was held at the CIS headquarters in Minsk on 27 September, BelTA learned from the press service of the CIS Executive Committee. The web-based meeting brought together heads and experts of the legal services of the ministries of foreign affairs of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and representatives of the legal department of the CIS Executive...

On 25 September Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko made new appointments in the Vitebsk City Executive Committee and the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee, BelTA has learned. Gennady Sabinich, who previously headed the Vitebsk District Executive Committee, has been appointed mayor of Vitebsk. The president also made new appointments in the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. Aleksei Geroyev, who was previously in charge of the Architecture and Construction Committee in this...

An experiment was staged as part of the ongoing bilateral comprehensive exercise of Belarus' Armed Forces. The Air Force and Air Defense Command staged the experiment to tweak tactical control of aviation units and provide faster aerial support to ground forces, BelTA has learned. According to the Defense Ministry, Yak-130 aircraft and Mi-24 helicopters delivered air strikes against ground targets of the simulated enemy in the 210th aviation training area. Deputy Chief of the Air Force...