Kopyl regional executive committee

On 28 October, Belarus' National Academy of Sciences will host an international conference "Fyodor Dostoevsky - an outstanding writer, philosopher and religious thinker” to mark the 200th anniversary of the Russian writer, BelTA learned from the press service of the National Academy of Sciences.

Moscow will host the permanent seminar on the development of the Union State of Belarus and Russia at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia on 27-28 October. It will look into the application of waste management laws in Belarus and Russia, BelTA learned from the press service of the Parliamentary Assembly.

A delegation of Belarusian customs officers headed by Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee Eduard Danilovich took part in the meeting of the CIS Committee of Heads of Law Enforcement Units of the Heads of Customs Services Council in Tashkent, BelTA learnt from the State Customs Committee of Belarus.

Belarus confirmed 1,981 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours on 17 October; another 2,173 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospital, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.

The whole world has come to realize that Belarus' COVID-19 response strategy was right, Lyudmila Makarina-Kibak, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health, Physical Education, Family and Youth Policy of the House of Representatives of Belarus, told reporters, BelTA has learned.

The Russian Ministry of Health supports the production of COVID-19 vaccines in Belarus, Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko told reporters on the sidelines of the 34th session of the CIS Healthcare Cooperation Council that is underway in Minsk on 13-14 October, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian developers have won three awards at the finals of the international youth project “100 Ideas for the CIS” in Armenia, BelTA learned from Natalya Stolpinskaya, the official representative of the Central Committee of the BRSM Youth Union.

The East-West Chamber Orchestra under the baton of famous Belarusian musician Rostislav Krimer has released the second disc, which completes the cycle of four chamber symphonies by Mieczysław Weinberg, BelTA learned from the team.

Belarus is hosting the Week of Belarus-Japan Friendship on 11-16 October, BelTA learned from the Belarusian embassy in Japan.

Venezuela president's special envoy Adan Chavez Frias visited Belarusian State University (BSU) and met with its rector Andrei Korol in Minsk on 7 October, BelTA learned form the press service of the university