The Central Election Commission has published the information on the number of voters in Belarus and abroad – 6,844,932, BelTA learned from the CEC website.

For the second year in a row, a representative of Belarus wins a children's music competition. Last year we were pleased with Ksenia Galetskaya; this year, jury awarded the Grand Prix to Angelina Lomako.

On 24 July Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko is set to go on a working trip to Pukhovichi District where he will inspect the 5th Special Operations Brigade in Maryina Gorka, BelTA reports.

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei will pay a working visit to Latvia on 24 July, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on its Facebook page, BelTA has learned.

In Vitebsk, a festive start-up ceremony for traffic on the Polotsky overpass after a large-scale reconstruction took place. According to the initial plans, it was assumed that the construction work will take almost five years. However, specialists, working at night and in an unusually warm winter, coped with it in 20 months.

The number of observers at polling stations during the current election campaign will be reduced due to the epidemiological situation. Such a decision was adopted at a meeting of the Belarusian Central Electoral Commission (CEC) on 22 July, BelTA has learned.

LLC “Production Association“ Energocomplekt ”in a solemn atmosphere laid the foundation for a new workshop, which will launch the implementation of the long-term development strategy of the enterprise for the period up to 2035. The event was attended by the chairman of Oblast executive committee Nikolay Sherstnev.

The CIS observation mission will be led by Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee - Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev. His nomination was approved during a meeting of the CIS Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives in Minsk on 21 July, BelTA has learned.

The first cut removes 240.000 hectares of grasses. As of July 10, more than 215.000 hectares have been cut, or 90 percent of the plan. Verkhnedvinsk, Vitebsk, Postavy, Rossonsky, Tolochin, Ushachi, Chashnik and Sharkovshchina regions have already coped with the mowing. 

There are many areas where Belarus and the United States can cooperate, where their interests coincide, Oleg Kravchenko, who has been appointed Ambassadress Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the United States, told BelTA.

The results of the republican family agricultural project "The Masters of the Village-2020" were summed up at the "Kupalie" holiday in Alexandria.

Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei met with outgoing U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Belarus Jenifer Moore on 17 July 2020, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Five new ambulances have been handed over to the healthcare institutions of Vitebsk blast. Car keys were handed to the chief physicians of Polotsk, Rossony and Novopolotsk hospitals. Two cars will leave for Vitebsk Oblast Clinical Hospital.

Belarus and Hungary have agreed to develop an agreement on cooperation in training personnel for agricultural sectors, on establishing cooperation between agricultural universities, and on setting up a working group on cooperation in agriculture. Such agreements were reached during the visit of a delegation of representatives of Belarusian agricultural enterprises led by Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo to Hungary, BelTA learned from the Belarusian embassy in Hungary.

Vitebsk customs accelerated the clearance of goods imported into the customs territory of the EAEU. More than 95% of consignments of such goods are processed in less than two hours, the customs officials said.

The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has confirmed that the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will take place in Minsk on 17 July. The meeting will be chaired by Belarus' Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko. The meeting will be attended by heads of government of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), BelTA has learned.

In Vitebsk, on Freedom Square, a multifunctional pavilion of Vitebsk branch of RUE Belsoyuzpechat has been operating for almost a month. Compared to a regular kiosk, this has a much wider range of products including a modern coffee machine. Customers can also use high-speed internet and charge gadgets.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to France President Emmanuel Macron as the country celebrates Bastille Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The grand opening of the XXIX International Festival of Arts will take place exactly one week later - on July 16th.