The migration crisis was mentioned as Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with local residents in the town of Tikhinichi, Rogachev District, Gomel Oblast on 13 August, BelTA has learned.

The third and final stage of a complex tactical exercise for the Grodno branch of the Belarusian border service took place in the small border traffic checkpoint Porechye on 12 August, representatives of the State Border Committee of Belarus told BelTA.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko was made familiar with the development and beautification of rural populated localities within the framework of the Village of the Future project as he visited the agrotown of Tikhinichi, Rogachev District, Gomel Oblast on 13 August, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Russia will expand the mutual practice of using the national payment systems Mir and Belkart, representatives of the Standing Committee of the Union State of Belarus and Russia told BelTA after a session of the High-Level Group of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Belarus and Russia on 9 August.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko spoke about education quality and standards at a meeting with representatives of the general public, experts, and mass media titled as the Big Conversation with the President on 9 August, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has instructed the government to work out a set of additional measures against another loop of sanctions the Western countries have enforced against Belarus.

The second stage of a tactical exercise involving military personnel of the Western Operational Command took place in the exercise area Gozhsky.

The plans were to make Belarus and Ukraine members of NATO, Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei in the fourth episode of the documentaries titled as Belarus Against Color Revolution aired by the Belarusian TV channel STV, BelTA has learned.

Belarus needs to hold a referendum on constitutional amendments in an open and fair way, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the Big Conversation with the President, a meeting with the public, experts and media community in the format of a big press conference in Minsk on 9 August, BelTA has learned.

Upon instructions of the head of state the security of the state border of the Republic of Belarus has been enhanced, BelTA learned from Anton Bychkovsky, spokesman of the State Border Committee of Belarus.

Although the summer was hot in all respects, the main task remains unchanged - to keep working and produce results, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting hosted by the Grodno Oblast Executive Committee on 6 August, BelTA has learned.

Over 950 haulers were queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 8.00 on 6 August, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 302 to amend other decrees of the head of state. The document was passed following the amendments to the law “On the citizenship of the Republic of Belarus”, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Nikol Pashinyan on his appointment as Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia performed its first regular flight to Kutaisi on 4 August. Kutaisi has become the third Georgian city on Belavia's route map. The Belarusian air carrier performs regular flights to Tbilisi and Batumi, BelTA learned from the press service of the airline.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has been informed about the shocking murder of an Iraqi man who returned from Lithuania, BelTA learned from the Pul Pervogo Telegram channel.

The State Border Committee is looking into the circumstances of the incident at the Belarus-Lithuania border, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee.

In the evening of 30 July Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko had a telephone conversation with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Official negotiations between Belarusian Defense Minister, Lieutenant-General Viktor Khrenin and First Deputy Defense Minister, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan, Lieutenant-General Murat Bektanov took place in Minsk, representatives of the Defense Ministry told BelTA.

A number of measures have been worked out to ensure security in the current conditions. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement as he met with government officials on 30 July to discuss urgent issues of the public and political situation, BelTA has learned.