Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa as the country celebrates Freedom Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) should offer all countries methods to minimize harm from unilateral coercive measures, Belarus' representative to the FAO Kirill Petrovsky said during a session of the FAO Council on global food security, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed his dissatisfaction with the maintance of local roads as he spoke at the meeting to discuss the development of Grodno Oblast on 24 April, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Russia's St. Petersburg will run a contest for joint sci-tech projects, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian State Committee on Science and Technology.

The results of cooperation between Belarus and St. Petersburg are impressive, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Governor of Russia's St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov in Minsk on 20 April, BelTA has learned.

On 20 April the Belarusian youth is expected to take part in the Dialogue Between the Sky and the Earth - the dialogue between the SCO youth and the crew members of the Shenzhou-15 spaceship, BelTA learned from official representative of the BRSM Central Committee, international protocol head Olesya Sazankova.

Belarus began to build concrete roads in the late 1960s.

Digital economy is important for the development of the single economic space of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko said as he opened the fifth edition of the Eurasian Digital Forum on the sidelines of the TIBO 2023 international forum, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.114 on matters of state statistics on 18 April. The document is designed to bring the regulation on the National Statistics Committee into compliance with law No.238-3 of 30 December 2022 and to allow state organizations, which are authorized to keep state statistic records, to use the information system of the National Statistics Committee, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the Republic of Korea Andrei Chernetsky together with his family took part in a tree planting campaign for heads of foreign diplomatic missions accredited in Seoul, BelTA learned from the embassy.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to participants and visitors to the 29th international information and communications technology forum TIBO 2023, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state.

Minsk has been designated as the CIS Capital of Sports in 2023, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik said following the meeting of the CIS Ministerial Council held in Samarkand, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

We will preserve peace in the country, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Shklov on Easter on 16 April, BelTA has learned.

Bilateral dialogue between Uzbekistan and Belarus in the field of cultural and humanitarian cooperation has intensified, adviser to the Culture and Tourism Minister of Uzbekistan Shavkatjon Ortikov said before a gala concert in the Belarusian State Philharmonic to open the Days of Culture of Uzbekistan in Belarus, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed an executive order on encouraging talented young Belarusians on 13 April, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.

The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus intends to advance cooperation with Skolkovo Foundation. The possibilities were discussed as Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov met with Skolkovo Foundation Chairman of the Board Igor Drozdov, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev on 13 April, BelTA has learned.

The First Russian-Belarusian Tourism Congress will take place in Minsk on 13-14 April, BelTA has learned.

It is necessary to give a new impetus to the development of the IT-industry, and this does not concern only residents of Belarus' Hi-Tech Park (HTP), Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss draft legal acts on the development of the HTP on 11 April, BelTA has learned.

Prospects for cooperation in baby nutrition were discussed in a meeting between Grodno Oblast senior officials and a delegation of Zimbabwe headed by First Lady of Zimbabwe Auxillia Mnangagwa, BelTA has learned.