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As of 1 July 2022, a total of 115,253 deposit accounts were opened for large families under Belarus' family capital program, including 82,500 deposit accounts at the total amount of $825 million and 32,700 deposit accounts at the total amount of Br767 million, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.  As of 1 July 2022, 57,169 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 49,350 applied to use the money to improve housing...

The Office for Digital Health will be established in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Healthcare Ministry. It will be created at the National Center for Medical Technology, Informatization, Management and Health Economics. The main task of the office is to deliver innovation to the public healthcare system by implementing national programs in the field of digital transformation of the health sector. There are plans to open regional offices for digital health in all...

The House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus needs to bring all laws in line with the new Constitution in 2022-2023, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vladimir Andreichenko told reporters after he met with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, BelTA has learned.  According to him, in connection with the adoption of the new Constitution, the House of Representatives plans to discuss 90 bills, of which eight have already passed the first reading, and 17 have...

Russian political expert Semyon Uralov told the On Point online project on BelTA's YouTube channel why the Belarusian model of agricultural towns is attractive to Russia.  “At the Forum of Regions I realized one important thing - we are increasingly moving top-down. This is very good and right. I would also like to see cooperation at the district level. Now we have it at the level of regions, but we need to go even lower - to the level of districts. The Belarusian model can be of...

Belarusians will not put up with injustice and will not abandon their fundamental positions, BelTA learned from Chairman of the International Affairs Commission of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Andrei Savinykh.  Andrei Savinykh said: “The president gives a clear signal that we will not put up with injustice and that we will defend our interests by any means necessary.”  Belarus has always been in favor of justice in international relations,...

Russia is canceling the COVID-19 testing requirement for air travelers holding a Belarusian passport, reads the statement of the emergency response center for preventing the import and spread of the coronavirus infection in Russia, BelTA informs.  “The emergency response center decided to allow Belarusian nationals traveling by air not to present the negative PCR test result for COVID-19 upon arrival in Russia. Corresponding amendments will be introduced to the Resolution of the Chief...