Kopyl regional executive committee

MINSK, 3 September (BelTA) - Minsk needs to remain a peaceful and livable city, newly-appointed Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev told the media on 3 September, BelTA has learned.

MINSK, 2 September (BelTA) – As much as 3.39% (860 hectares) of the area under potatoes has been harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

MINSK, 1 September (BelTA) – The Republic of Korea will provide aid to Belarusian social welfare facilities in order to increase their capacity to curb the spread of the coronavirus infection. The matter was discussed at a recent meeting of Belarus' Deputy Labor and Social Security Minister Aleksandr Rumak with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of Belarus Tae Jun You, BelTA learned from the Labor and Social Security Ministry.

Clinical trials of Russia's coronavirus vaccine are to start in Belarus in September, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

The Minsk Half Marathon has been postponed to September 2021, BelTA learned from the official website of the Belarusian Athletics Federation.

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia has extended suspension of air travel to Riga, Latvia till 6 September, BelTA learned from the website of the airline.

The development of a uniform distance learning platform will be completed in Belarus by the end of 2020, Education Minister Igor Karpenko told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA informs.

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia has extended suspension of air travel to Russia till 14 September, BelTA learned from the website of the airline.

A Perseid meteor shower can be observed throughout Belarus in cloudless weather in August.

The national air carrier Belavia has extended suspension of flights to Georgia, BelTA learned from the website of the airline.