Plans are in place to add radionuclide measuring stations to the national monitoring system, BelTA learned from Zoya Trafimchik, Deputy Head of the Service - Head of Radiation Monitoring Department of the National Center for Hydrometeorology, Radioactive Contamination Control, and Environmental Monitoring (Belhydromet), during the roundtable session “National radiation monitoring. Modern challenges and prospects”.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who has arrived in Minsk for the high-level international conference on Eurasian security, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR) and the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) under the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs have agreed to cooperate.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized the importance of ideological work at the meeting with Belarusian youth activists on 24 October, BelTA reports.

Belarus pays considerable attention to the development of effective strategies and measures to counter the spread of drugs, Belarusian Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Kubrakov said during the 25th meeting of the CSTO coordinating council of the heads of the competent authorities combating illicit drug trafficking, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as the country celebrates Republic Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The 9th edition of the international forum Belarus' Dairy Industry will be running in Minsk on 26-27 October, BelTA learned from the press service of the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave an answer to the question whether information technologies can replace a human being as he met with youth activists on 24 October, BelTA has learned.

A Belarusian delegation took part in the twentieth session of the Joint Task Force on Environmental Statistics and Indicators of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) that was held in Geneva, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

Strategic projects are the pillars of Belarus' further development, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the government conference held on 20 October to discuss the improvement of the system of planning and overseeing the implementation of strategic projects, BelTA has learned.

Organizations of all types of ownership built about 28,800 apartments in Belarus in January-September 2023. As much as 2,633,000 m2 of housing was commissioned, the National Statistical Committee told BelTA.

On 19 October Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 326 to introduce adjustments to Decree No. 93 as of 14 March 2022 “On additional measures to ensure stable functioning of the economy”, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Chairman of the State Control Committee of Belarus Vasily Gerasimov took part in the events of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, China. The current forum marked the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road initiative. Representatives of more than 130 countries took part in the large-scale events, BelTA learned from the Belarusian State Control Committee.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko noted the successes in cooperation with Russia's Mordovia as well as pointed out a number of obvious gaps in bilateral relations with the region as he met with Head of Russia's Mordovia Artyom Zdunov in Minsk on 19 October, BelTA has learned.

Matters of bilateral cooperation were discussed as Chairman of the State Control Committee of Belarus Vasily Gerasimov met with Auditor General of the National Audit Office of the People's Republic of China Hou Kai in Beijing, the committee's press service told BelTA.

Belarus and Iran should cooperate more closely with each other to counter the attacks of the West, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Mokhber in Minsk on 17 October, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Venezuela need to re-examine various areas of cooperation and develop a cooperation roadmap, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Yvan Gil Pinto, Minister of the People's Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in Minsk on 17 October, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Venezuela need to re-examine various areas of cooperation and develop a cooperation roadmap, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Yvan Gil Pinto, Minister of the People's Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in Minsk on 17 October, BelTA has learned.

A research plot cereal harvester with the throughput capacity of 1.3kg per second will be designed by Bryanskselmash Company with assistance of specialists of the Belarusian agricultural machinery manufacturer Gomselmash. The relevant document on implementing the investment project was signed at the regional forum Bryansk-Gomel, which took place in the Russian city of Bryansk on 13 October, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko supports the initiative in favor of holding a forum of regions of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The head of state made the relevant statement at a CIS summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, BelTA has learned.