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School meals are a form of state social support, Lyutsiya Mikhalkchuk, head of the catering department at the Academy of Education, said at the BelTA press center.

Trade union organizations in Grodno Oblast continue to provide prompt support to healthcare workers whose property was damaged by recent severe weather and emergencies. The Grodno Oblast Organization of the Belarusian Trade Union of Healthcare Workers told BelTA how the social protection system and the principle of solidarity work in practice.

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent condolences to the President of the Republic of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, in connection with the loss of life caused by a powerful earthquake, BelTA has learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Centuries-old traditions of folk music and the mastery of Belarusian writers came together at the Belarusian State Museum of Folk Architecture and rural Lifestyle in Ozertso. The museum became the venue for a unique cultural event that combined two large-scale initiatives — the first national open festival of bagpipe Dudarski Fest and the Literary Vernissage book festival. BelTA correspondents went to see the event and learned how the traditional instrument is gaining new life in the 21st century.

Sixteen tonnes of Kobrin ice cream were shipped to China in May-June 2026, Yelena Oliyarnik, a specialist in the foreign economic activity department of the Kobrin Butter and Cheese Plant, told Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned.

The scale of illegal migration is the result of the European Union’s own policies, Vladimir Pertsov, First Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration, told Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned.

Belarus regards Algeria as one of its key partners in North Africa, Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov said following a meeting with Algeria’s Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Communities Abroad, and African Affairs Ahmed Attaf in Minsk on 6 August, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Algeria have the potential to agree on the implementation of numerous projects, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a meeting with Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Attaf in Minsk on 6 August, BelTA has learned.

The second power unit of the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant (BelNPP) has been reconnected to the grid, BelTA learned from the nuclear plant.

HC Neman, HC Shakhtyor, and HC Yunost have claimed victories in the group stage matches of the 2026 Ruslan Salei Cup, BelTA has learned.