Krupsky district executive committee

Belarusian MPs are set to ratify the Agreement on Visa Facilitation with the European Union at the spring session, Chairman of the Standing Commission on International Affairs of the House of Representatives Andrei Savinykh has told the media on 9 January, BelTA has learned.

Social protection bodies of the Minsk region note a positive trend for 2019 in increasing the number of jobs and improving working conditions in the workplace, solving the problems of elderly citizens, people with disabilities, the working population, BelTA was told in the Minsk Oblast Executive Committee.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko visited the Church in honor of the Reigning Icon of the Mother of God on the premises of the Saint Elisabeth Convent in Minsk on Christmas Day, BelTA has learned.

On sections of two routes near Minsk, the permissible speed was increased, the photographic cameras were reconfigured at the end of December. BelTA was informed about it in the CJSC "Safe Roads of Belarus".

The Belarusian government has approved a plan of action for 2020 to create conditions for economic development in the country. The Council of Ministers' corresponding Resolution No.921 of 27 December 2019 was published on 4 January, BelTA has learned.

On January 5, the Belkhimprofsoyuz Republican Committee, together with the capital’s State traffic inspectorate and the Minsk city department of the Ministry of Emergencies, will carry out the Safe Vacations preventive campaign, BelTA learned from the press service of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has to postpone his visit to Belarus, Anatoly Glaz, Head of the Information and Digital Diplomacy Office, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told BelTA.

The new sports year in Belarus will open for the 16th time in a row the Christmas international hockey tournament for the prize of the President of the Republic of Belarus. All matches will be held from January 3 to 7, 2020 on the ice of Minsk Chizhovka Arena, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko talked to President of Russia Vladimir Putin over the phone on 30 December, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.

The carnival race was held in the capital’s park named after the 900th anniversary of Minsk, BelTA learned from the organizers.