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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 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.

The bill to ratify the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Belarus, the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus, and the Government of the Russian Federation, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on cooperation and exchange of information, including confidential information, in the area of supervision and (or) control of the financial market was passed at a sitting of the second session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the eighth convocation on 9 June, BelTA has learned.

More than 40,500 Ukrainian citizens have entered Belarus since the start of 2025, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee.

Gomel is actively enhancing its cooperation with Chinese partners and increasing export volumes, Gomel Mayor Vladimir Privalov told BelTA.

According to preliminary data, Belarus’ gold and foreign exchange reserves were estimated at $11.158 billion in equivalent on 1 June, BelTA reports citing the information published on the website of the National Bank.

In May 2025, individuals in Belarus sold $178.5 million worth of foreign currency more than they purchased, BelTA learned from the statistics released by the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB).