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As part of cultural exchanges and strengthening of historical ties between Russia and Belarus, the National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve «Nesvizh» opened a unique exhibition «The Gold of Iconostasis. The Art of Belarusian Masters in Moscow». This exposition project, presented by the Museum-Reserve «Kolomenskoye», has become a highlight in the world of cultural initiatives of 2025 and evidence of centuries-old ties between the Belarusian and Russian artistic heritage.

The Minsk branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BelCCI) hosted a business meeting with representatives of a Chinese delegation from Shanghai. The meeting was aimed at establishing new strong contacts and signing a memorandum of cooperation, BelTA has learned.

The rowing center in Zaslavl, Belarus is playing host to the 2025 Best Athletes Cup in Canoe Sprint featuring representatives of five countries, BelTA has learned.

More than 40 students and teachers from Belarus will take part in the patriotic cultural and educational project Memory Train, Deputy Director of the National Center for Artistic Creativity of Children and Youth of the Belarusian Education Ministry Viktor Filipenko told BelTA.

Belarus’ GDP grew by 2.5% in January-May 2025, BelTA learned from the National Statistical Committee of Belarus.

Today’s meeting on agriculture is dedicated to cattle housing and care; therefore, it is taking place in an off-site format, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said, BelTA has learned.

Belarus calls for a complete, unconditional, and irreversible end to the criminal practice of using unilateral coercive measures, Pavel Yevseyenko, Belarus’ Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, said at a meeting of the UN General Assembly on 16 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Citizens of Belarus and Russia evacuated from Iran arrived in Minsk this morning on a Belavia flight, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in Azerbaijan.

Letters of commendation from the Belarus president have been sent to a number of professors and students of the country’s higher education institutions. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed the relevant executive order on 16 June, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA.

In 2024, mutual trade between Belarus and Russia’s Leningrad Oblast exceeded $1 billion for the first time in several years, doubling compared to 2020, Belarusian First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov said during the 13th meeting of the joint commission on cooperation between Belarus and Leningrad Oblast attended by Governor Alexander Drozdenko, BelTA has learned.