Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko traditionally took part in the nationwide subbotnik [a voluntary labor day]. This year it was held on 17 April, BelTA has learned.

Almost all athletes who are planning to participate in the Olympic Games in Tokyo have undergone mandatory medical examination and have been cleared for sport. Such information was voiced during a meeting of the NOC Executive Board in Minsk on 16 April, BelTA learned from the NOC press service.

Dmitry Pinevich has been the first to get a shot of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine rolled out by the Belarusian pharmaceutical company Belmedpreparaty, BelTA informs citing the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

Vitebsk bishop Aleh Butkevich has been elected Chairman of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Belarus. Minsk has played host to a plenary session of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Belarus (CCBB) to mark the 30th anniversary of the restoration of the Catholic Church structures in Belarus, BelTA learned from the website of the Archdiocese of Minsk and Magilev of the Roman Catholic Church.

Prices for 55% of the goods are regulated in Belarus, BelTA learned from Belarusian Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade Minister Vladimir Koltovich.

An exhibition of the group of artists "International Laboratory of Art" will open in Vitebsk on 14 April, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk Center for Contemporary Art.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev are holding a meeting in the Zagulba Palace, BelTA has learned.

The state program Roads of Belarus 2021-2025 was approved by the Council of Ministers' Resolution No.212 of 9 April 2021, BelTA learned from the National Legal Internet Portal.

Cooperation with China is a priority avenue of Belarus' foreign policy, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong, BelTA has learned.

Early spring cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, and millet) have been sown on 52.9% of the target area in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko will pay a visit to Azerbaijan on 13 April, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Early spring cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, and millet) have been sown on 38.9% of the target area in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko convened a government conference to discuss the operation of political parties in the country on 9 April, BelTA informs.

Belarus has started testing its power grid and disconnected cross-border power lines with Lithuania, BelTA learned from the Energy Ministry of Belarus.

The official visit of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Belarus may give a strong impetus to bilateral cooperation, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Belarus Sangeeta Bahadur on 8 April, BelTA has learned.

Applications for the Call for Entrepreneurial Initiatives of the project “Support to Economic Development at the Local Level in the Republic of Belarus” have closed. All in all, the project received 241 applications from 12 pilot districts of Belarus, project's PR specialist Nadezhda Sinelnik told BelTA.

Belarus is mulling over the ways to streamline its network of foreign missions. The issue was on the agenda of the government's session hosted by Belarusian head of state Aleksandr Lukashenko on 6 April, BelTA has learned.

Early spring cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, and millet) have been sown on 25.8% of the target area in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Belarus has adopted new construction regulations. This is set forth in new resolutions of the Belarusian Architecture and Construction Ministry that were officially published on the National Legal Internet Portal on 6 April, BelTA has learned.

The International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk is one of the best festivals in the world, Russian pop singer Oleg Gazmanov told the STV TV channel, BelTA has learned.