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The Council of Ministers of Belarus has approved the agreement between the governments of Belarus and Azerbaijan on the mutual recognition of driver’s licenses. The relevant resolution was signed by Belarus’ Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin, BelTA learned from the government’s press service.

Belarus proposes to begin the negotiation process on the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century in September 2026, during the high-level week of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov said in a thematic article titled Why Eurasia Cannot Wait: A Charter for Our Time, the text of which has been posted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko heard a report from Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin on 12 May, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has approved the approaches outlined in the State Armament Program 2026-2030, Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin told the media following a meeting with the head of state, BelTA has learned.

During the summer health period of 2026, 417 children’s camps will be operating in Minsk. This was stated by Valery Nafranovich, head of the representative office of the Minsk City Administration of the Republican Center for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-resort Treatment of the Population, BelTA has learned.

Igor Brilevich has been elected Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic in secret ballot at a sitting of the fourth session of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the eighth convocation, BelTA has learned.

Belarus has increased the share of modern weapons in its army, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss state armament programs and the state defense procurement program on 11 May, BelTA has learned.

It is impossible to address defense tasks without equipping troops with modern weapons, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss state armament programs and the state defense procurement order on 11 May, BelTA has learned.

Twelve Belarusian athletes will compete at the 2026 European Taekwondo Championships that are kicking off in Munich, Germany, BelTA has learned.

Aleksandr Rakavchuk, head of the radiation safety workshop at the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP), told BelTA’s The Nation Speaks project how Belarus minimizes the generation of radioactive waste.