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Belarus advocates for aligning the operations of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) with other regional and international organizations, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Igor Sergeyenko said as he addressed the plenary session of the 7th CICA Summit, BelTA has learned.

The premiere of Gioachino Rossini’s opera «William Tell» will take place at the Mariinsky II in Saint Petersburg on 16 and 17 October. The production was staged by Italian director Giancarlo del Monaco, with Valery Gergiev serving as its Music Director, the theatre’s press office reported.

Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced on Wednesday that underwater excavations near Kekova Island in Türkiye’s southern Antalya province uncovered amphorae dating back 4,700 years.

Kseniya Tsiarenia has reached the final of the 2026 U23 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, the United States, BelTA learned.

Belarus has harvested 3.021million tonnes of sugar beet, BelTA has learned from the press service of the Agriculture and Food Ministry of Belarus.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to workers of pharmaceutical and microbiological industries as they celebrate Pharmaceutical and Microbiological Industry Workers Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has made personnel appointments in the leadership of the Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces. The head of state signed the relevant decrees on 14 October, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.361 on 14 October to approve a draft intergovernmental agreement on air service with the Maldives as the basis for conducting negotiations, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.

A charter flight program from Minsk to the Vietnamese resort of Phu Quoc has launched, the National Union of Tourism Organizations told BelTA.

Belarus’ profitability of sold goods, works and services amounted to 8.4% in January-August 2026, return on sales — 6.9%, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus.