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Everything will be done in Belarus so that nobody would dare tell Belarusians how they should live in their own land. Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin made the statement during the ceremony to lay wreaths at the Victory Monument in Minsk on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of the Great Victory, BelTA has learned.

Belarus holds dear the memory of the Great Patriotic War, Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko told the media after a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tank Liberator monument near the House of Officers in Minsk, BelTA has learned. "The T-34 tank, which stands in the center of Minsk and which was one of the first to break into the then occupied city on 3 July 1944, has become a symbol for the post-war period and for many years to come. This monument embodies the feat...

The site for building the facility for burying radioactive waste has to be chosen within 1-1.5 years. Head of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor) Olga Lugovskaya mentioned it on the air of the Belarusian TV channel STV, BelTA has learned. Olga Lugovskaya said: “The site is supposed to be chosen within the next year or a year and a half. The potential locations can be next to the nuclear power plant or in radioactive...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Azerbaijan Andrei Ravkov took part in the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' campaign “Green Future” dedicated to the 100th birthday of Azerbaijani national leader Heydar Aliyev, BelTA learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan. Some 500 pine and olive trees were planted in Mushfigabad settlement (Baku suburb). Taking part in the event were Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov and...

We are planning to put the second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) into commercial operation by the end of the year, Olga Lugovskaya, the head of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department at the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry (Gosatomnadzor), said in an interview with the STV channel on 30 April, BelTA has learned. "At the moment, the unit is in the state of commissioning. We are carrying out a sequence of actions towards its commercial use. Nuclear fuel has been...

A plant designed to destroy pesticides is supposed to open in Belarus by the end of the year, BelTA learned from Belarusian First Deputy Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Aleksandr Korbut. Aleksandr Korbut said: “Pesticides were stockpiled in Belarus in the 1970s. This is why there are certain concerns that they may be harmful. As part of the international technical aid project on the sustainable management of persistent organic pollutants and chemical substances...