Moscow will host the permanent seminar on the development of the Union State of Belarus and Russia at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia on 27-28 October. It will look into the application of waste management laws in Belarus and Russia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Parliamentary Assembly.

Belarus will roll out its own COVID-19 vaccine in 2023, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the meeting to discuss the epidemiological situation and the COVID-19 response in Belarus on 19 October, BelTA has learned.

A delegation of Belarusian customs officers headed by Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee Eduard Danilovich took part in the meeting of the CIS Committee of Heads of Law Enforcement Units of the Heads of Customs Services Council in Tashkent, BelTA learnt from the State Customs Committee of Belarus.

Belarusian agricultural and processing industries are set to export foodstuffs worth more than $6 billion this year, Belarus' Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Aleksei Bogdanov told the STV TV channel, BelTA has learned.

Consumer societies remain relevant despite the changing working environment, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the general meeting of the Belarusian National Union of Consumer Societies Belkoopsoyuz on 8 October, BelTA informs.

Over 1,500 haulers were queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 8.00 on 7 October, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.

At least 25,000 foreign students from more than 100 countries are enrolled in major and additional programs in Belarus, Belarusian Education Minister Igor Karpenko said during the plenary session of the international educational forum of foreign graduates of Belarusian (Soviet) and CIS universities, BelTA has leaned.

The Belarusian Consulate opened its office in Vladivostok, the Russian Federation. The ceremony was attended by Primorsky Krai Governor Oleg Kozhemyako and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko, TASS informs.

Some 7.3% of winter crops are left to plant in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

On 6 October Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova met with Ukrainian politicians Aleksandr Moroz, Aleksei Berezhnoi and Vasily Tsushko, BelTA has learned.

For a hundred years, Belarusian State University (BSU) concluded more than 500 agreements with universities from 59 countries, BelTA learned from the press service of the university.

Less than 15% of winter crops have yet to be planted in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko commented on disruptions in the supply of sugar to retail networks at a governmental meeting to discuss the country's agricultural performance on 5 October, BelTA has learned.

In the interview with the CNN TV channel Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko once again dismissed accusations of using migrants to retaliate against the European Union for its sanctions and for hosting opposition campaigners, BelTA has learned.

The situation with refugees in the territory of Belarus is under control, Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Kubrakov said at a meeting of the sixth session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the seventh convocation, BelTA has learned.

Negative evaluations of actions of Belarusian law enforcement officers that started appearing in mass media, including in Russian ones, after the death of the KGB officer are depressing. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he met with top officials of the Belarus President Administration on 1 October, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed Decree No. 374 on the conferment of the Order of Mother, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Winter crops in Belarus have been sown on the area of 917,500 hectares, which is 63% of the target area (1,456,100 hectares), BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko mentioned the transformations taking place in Belarus as he received credentials from foreign ambassadors, BelTA has learned.

Resorting passenger traffic in the Eurasian Economic Union to the pre-Covid level is one of the priorities, official representative of the Eurasian Economic Commission Iya Malkina told a briefing for the press in Moscow on 29 September, BelTA has learned.