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High-level cooperation between Belarus and Cuba continues to grow, Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova said during a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to the Republic of Belarus Santiago Pérez Benítez on 11 June, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Karankevich, who is currently on a visit to Lebanon, shared his thoughts of cooperation prospects with Lebanon as he talked to the media, BelTA has learned. 

Excavations have begun at the site of a large ancient settlement of Mensk under the guidance of scientists of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, BelTA learned from the Institute of History.

As he met with MGIMO University students in Moscow, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov explained what genuine independence means, BelTA has learned.

Yekaterina Goncharenok, Deputy Director of the Tourism Department of the Belarusian Sports and Tourism Ministry, told BelTA’s Nation Speaks project where foreign tourists come from and what they want to see in Belarus.

In an interview with the First News TV channel, First Deputy Chairman of the National Bank of Belarus Aleksandr Yegorov named the factors that led to Belarus’ gold and forex reserves reaching record levels, BelTA has learned.

As of 1 June 2025, a total of 146,512 large families have opened deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program, including 82,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of $826 million and 63,200 deposit accounts to the total amount of Br1.68 billion, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.

Relations between the leaders of the countries are essential for building Belarusian-Russian ties, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov said during the talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on 10 June, BelTA learned.

The Gorky Brest Regional Library will host the first international conference Berestie Chronicle on 10-12 June, BelTA learned from the library.

The state of affairs at the Belarusfilm national film studio and in the Belarusian filmmaking industry as a whole is extremely unsatisfactory, investment in cinema is not yielding results, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a meeting to discuss Belarus’ filmmaking industry development prospects on 10 June, BelTA has learned.