Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko plans to meet with heads of Belarusian diplomatic missions, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said at a seminar for heads of diplomatic missions and consular offices of Belarus, BelTA has learned.

The awards ceremony and a gala concert of the international children's song contest Vitebsk 2021 were held at Slavianski Bazaar on 18 July, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has appointed Major-General Viktor Lisovsky Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. He will no longer serve as the chief of the Military Academy of Belarus, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.

The number of electric vehicles in Belarus has increased to 4,000, Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich said during an event to mark the Day of Electric Transport at the China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone on 16 July, BelTA has learned.

On behalf of the Belarusian people and himself, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has expressed condolences to Iraqi President Barham Salih over a deadly hospital fire in the city of Nasiriya, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Holder of the Grand Prix of the International Song Contest Vitebsk 2015 Dimash Kudaibergen and holder of the Grand Prix of the Junior Song Contest Vitebsk 2020 Angelina Lomako solemnly raised the flag of the 30th edition of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko and President of Russia Vladimir Putin have agreed that the price for natural gas for Belarus in 2022 will remain at this year's level, TASS quoted the Russian president's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov as saying.

Over 1,110 haulers were queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 08.00 on 14 July, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has left for the Russian Federation on a working visit, BelTA has learned.

Foreign citizens seeking vaccination in Belarus need to register online with https://vaccination.by/form/index.html and get confirmation, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

Belarusian Transport and Communications Minister Aleksei Avramenko talked to reporters in Gomel. He talked about the digitization of passenger transportation by railway, about information technologies and healthy competition between the private sector and the public one, BelTA has learned.

The Kupala Night Festival has always been a national asset of Belarus, President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he attended the Kupala Night Festival (Alexandria Gathers Friends) on 10 July, BelTA has learned.

Sporting achievements are highly important not only for athletes themselves, but also for the state, including in the political sense, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a solemn farewell ceremony for Belarusian athletes on the way to the Tokyo Olympic Games on 9 July, BelTA has learned.

The Agriculture and Food Ministry has identified promising and important investment projects to be implemented within the framework of the state program "Agrarian Business" for 2021-2025, BelTA learned from the ministry's website.

On 8 July Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 265 “On amending decrees of the president of the Republic of Belarus” to improve the regulatory environment for foreign trade, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

As of 1 July 2021, 100,930 deposit accounts were opened for large families under Belarus' family capital program, 18,518 of which were opened under the new program for 2020-2024, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.

As for the secondary school in Zaslonovo, the scale of renovation will be smaller.

Funds will be set up in Belarus to develop the national civil engineering industry.

Belarus will continue dealing with the main challenges on the border but will do it as it sees fit, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss response to sanctions on 6 July, BelTA has learned.

Let's give a chance to the newly appointed director general Vyacheslav Garbuzov to prove himself, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko addressed the theater staff as attended a gala concert at the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater in Minsk on 3 July, BelTA has learned.