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The next session of the chambers of the National Assembly of Belarus will open in Minsk on 15 September, BelTA has learned.

The third session of the 7th Belarusian People’s Congress will be held in Minsk on 17-18 December 2026. This is set out in an order signed by Chairman of the Belarusian People’s Congress Aleksandr Lukashenko, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus has reached her fourth consecutive US Open final, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Russia’s Yakutia plan to develop cooperation in tourism, shipments of food, machines, vehicles, and machinery, the press service of the Belarusian Economy Ministry told BelTA.

A new festival will be launched in Belarus this autumn Andrei Kastyuk, Deputy Head of the Department of Biological and Landscape Diversity at the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Ministry of Belarus, said in the recent episode of BelTA’s project The Nation Speaks. 

The Belarusian nuclear power plant generates about 40% of all electricity in Belarus and has become a vital factor in the country’s energy independence. Deputy Energy Minister Konstantin Anoshenko made the statement during the forum Clean Energy: Contribution of Belarus and Russia to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, BelTA has learned.

Belarus’ trade turnover with Russia’s Leningrad Oblast has doubled over the past five years, Head of the Belarus President Administration Dmitry Krutoi said at a meeting with Leningrad Oblast Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko, BelTA has learned.

Belarus is open to closer cooperation with the Interros and Nornickel companies, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a meeting with Russian businessman Vladimir Potanin in Minsk, BelTA has learned.

The National Art Museum will host a special evening program on Minsk City Day, featuring the September Night at the Art Museum event, the museum told BelTA.

Oceanologists from Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU), as part of a group of Russian researchers, have identified previously unknown mechanisms for the propagation of Rossby waves — flows of water in the ocean formed under the influence of the Earth’s rotation. The discovery will help improve forecasts of ocean processes and provide a better understanding of the formation of eddies and the interaction of currents with the seabed topography, according to the website of the university, a partner of TV BRICS.