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The government has amended the regulations on the procedure for awarding the State Quality Mark, Belarusian Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin signed the corresponding resolution of the Council of Ministers on Amending Resolution No. 224 of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of 29 March 2024, BelTA learned from the government press service.

Belarus firmly rejects war and proposes a return to joint confidence- and security-building mechanisms, Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Sekreta stated during the international roundtable discussion Militarization of Europe, organized on the OSCE platform in Vienna via videoconference, BelTA has learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed the law ‘On amendments to laws on roads’. The document is aimed at creating a modern legal framework to ensure the economy and the population have access to high-quality, safe and reliable transport services, BelTA has learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The president’s commendation letters have been awarded to professors, students, and cadets of the country’s higher education institutions. Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed the corresponding directive on 22 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

The institutions of the European Union are deliberately ignoring the presence of deep flaws in the human rights sector within the bloc itself. This is highlighted in the joint report by the ministries of foreign affairs of Belarus and Russia on the situation with human rights in certain countries, BelTA has learned.

In January-May 2026 retail trade in Belarus totaled Br44.6 billion, up 7.1% from the same period of last year in comparable prices, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus.

Belarus’ profitability of sold goods, works and services amounted to 7.8% in January-April 2026, return on sales — 6.4%, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus.

The Brest Academic Drama Theatre is preparing the premiere of the play Brest Fortress, the theatre’s Director General Anna Senkovets told BelTA.

In 1997, at the 6th International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, around 600 young performers took part in the children’s show-program competition, a large flat screen for broadcasts appeared on Svoboda Square, and opera was performed at the festival venues for the first time, BelTA has learned.