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Housing developers should bear full responsibility for their projects, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he attended a ceremony to launch the new section of the third line of Minsk metro on 30 December, BelTA learned.  The new section of the metro runs through the Minsk World residential development. Earlier, the head of state, referring to the complaints from citizens, aired grievances to the developer. Aleksandr Lukashenko asked how the things in this neighborhood are...

Culture Minister Ruslan Chernetsky told journalists about the regional stands in the Cultural Projects zone of the My Belarus exhibition that opened at the International Exhibition Center in Minsk, BelTA has learned. “This venue cannot show all of our cultural achievements. No pavilion is big enough for that. But our most remarkable cultural and historical achievements are on display here,” Ruslan Chernetsky remarked. For example, the Vitebsk pavilion highlights the tradition of...

It is necessary to finish construction work at the Minsk International Expo Center by May. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave the relevant instructions as he visited a new section of the third line of the Minsk metro on 30 December, BelTA has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko said: “As for the expo center. I didn’t force you to rush its opening. But I want to warn you that the expo center should be built from the door to the conference hall the way they [foreign investors]...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with President of Russia Vladimir Putin on 25 December after an informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), BelTA has learned. The meeting of the CIS heads of state took place in the territory of the all-season resort Igora outside St. Petersburg. President of Russia Vladimir Putin opened the summit. His country ends its presidency over the Commonwealth of Independent States this year and will transfer the authority to...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended Christmas greetings to Belarusian Christians celebrating Christmas on 25 December, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state. “This holiday inspires faith in the power of love and humanity. Through good deeds and actions, tireless care for our neighbors, we replenish our spiritual strength and embrace the eternal truths,” the message of greetings reads. Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that such days highlight the...

On 23 December Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 470 to award the Order of Mother, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state. The women were awarded for giving birth and raising five or more children. The awardees come from various walks of life. They work in the manufacturing sector, agriculture, construction, social security sector, banking sector, pharmaceutics, trade and communications, education, healthcare, culture and sports, some of them...