Western sanctions against Belarus testify to their impotence, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during the working trip to Grodno Oblast on 24 June, BelTA informs.

Today the idea of an international isolation and the use of sanctions against a country in the center of Europe looks absurd, BelTA learned from Oleg Zhingel, member of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, head of the Vitebsk Oblast regional directorate of OAO Belagroprombank.

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolai Borisevich met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong, BelTA learned from the ministry's press service.

On 21 June the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor lifted restrictions on the import of products made by Babushkina Krynka, management company of the Mogilev Dairy Company Babushkina Krynka Holding Company, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Colombia Nikolai Ovsyanko met with President of the House of Representatives of the Congress of Colombia German Blanco, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko appointed Belarus' ambassadors to Iran, Mongolia and Cuba on 18 June, BelTA has learned.

The resources and potential of the Belarus-Russia Union State make it possible to solve the most urgent and complex tasks in the interests of both national economies and joint projects and programs of the two countries, State Secretary of the Belarus-Russia Union State Dmitry Mezentsev said as he commented to TASS on the 60th session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State held on 16 June, BelTA has learned.

It is our sacred duty to preserve the historical truth, the memory of the victory over Nazism and pass it on to future generations, Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Lutsky said at an event to welcome the Victory Train exhibition project at the Minsk-Passazhirsky train station in Minsk on 11 June, BelTA has learned.

The bill on amendments to the laws on blood donations has been submitted to the House of Representatives, Lyudmila Makarina-Kibak, MD, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health, Physical Education, Family and Youth Policy of the House of Representatives, told reporters, BelTA has learned.

An acceptance commission led by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Nazarov has signed a certificate, which states the first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant has been accepted for commercial operation, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian Belpochta postal service and the Russian online retailer Ozon have signed an agreement to deliver goods from the Ozon marketplace across Belarus, BelTA learned from Belpochta's press service.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Nazarov and Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry Dmitry Pantus to discuss the performance and development prospects of the Belarusian military-industrial complex on 8 June, BelTA informs.

The Russian-Belarusian-Serbian tactical exercise Slavonic Brotherhood 2021 will begin in the exercise area Rayevsky in Novorossiysk today.

Belarus has many opportunities to implement economic projects with partners from Asia, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolai Borisevich said at the Belarus-Asia Forum that is taking place in the Business and Culture Center of the Belarusian Embassy in Russia on 9 June, BelTA has learned.

Results of the open online contest for the best symbol (logo) of the Year of People's Unity have been announced in Belarus.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No.1 “On measures to ensure national security of the Republic of Belarus”, prepared following the meeting of the Security Council on 18 May 2021. The document has been published on the National Legal Internet Portal, BelTA has learned.

The Vytoki cultural and sports festival has united sport, culture, education, and industrial enterprises of Orsha District and has thus contributed to the development of the district, President of the Belarusian National Olympic Committee Viktor Lukashenko told the media at the opening of the festival in Orsha on 5 June, BelTA has learned.

The bill on amending the Constitution is ready for the first reading during the spring session, BelTA learned from Chairman of the State Building, Local Self-Government and Regulations Committee of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Valentin Semenyako on 4 June.

Participation of the general public in addressing environmental issues is very important, Belarus' Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Andrei Khudyk said as he addressed the 1st international environmental exhibition-forum Ecology Expo 2021 and 16th national environmental forum, BelTA has learned.