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On the instructions of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, the State Secretariat of the Security Council of Belarus is carrying out an inspection of the 6th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade, BelTA has learned.

The working meeting chaired by Belarusian Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin focused on drafting a list of areas for state support for the agricultural industry, taking into account the key tasks facing the sector, BelTA learned from the government’s press service.

A group of Chinese scientists has uncovered the mystery behind how an ancient gene regulates the development of brain folds, shedding new light on the evolution of the human brain. The findings were recently published in Nature Genetics.

Parliamentarians from CIS countries exchanged experience on issues such as legislation on the protection of family and marriage and the protection of motherhood and childhood during a meeting with Natalya Kochanova, Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, at the international forum Talking About What Matters: a Happy Family is a Strong State in Polotsk on 12 October, BelTA has learned.

The Republican Theater of Belarusian Drama will take part in the international theater festival of the Beijing People’s Art Theater. Audiences will be able to see Vechar [Evening], a performance project of the Belarusian Drama Center based on a play by Honored Figure of Arts Aleksei Dudarev, on 22-25 October, representatives of the cultural institution told BelTA.

A new provision proposed for the Labor Code would grant pregnant women time off from work for mandatory medical exams. Anzhelika Kurchak, a member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, told about the legislative initiative on the air of the RTR-Belarus TV channel, BelTA has learned.

All the winners of the Ratomka October International Horse Trials have been confirmed in Ratomka, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Equestrian Federation.

A reliquary containing a particle of the relics of St Matrona of Moscow, the blessed, has been delivered to the Transfiguration Cathedral in Mogilev, where the shrine will remain until 15 October, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin commented on Poland’s build-up of military forces at the border with Belarus on Belarus 1 TV Channel, BelTA has learned.

Sugar beet in Belarus has been harvested from 59,000 hectares, which is 54% of the plan, BelTA learned from the press service of the Agriculture and Food Ministry.