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The Ministry of Communications and Informatization will be granted new functions in the field of digitalization, Minister of Communications and Informatization Konstantin Shulgan told reporters following his meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to discuss the draft decree on the establishment of a digital development and informatization agency, BelTA has learned.

An exhibition timed to the Day of Unity of Peoples of Belarus and Russia has been opened at premises of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, BelTA has learned.

The Belarusian air carrier Belavia is launching direct flights to Kazan and Yekaterinburg of Russia, BelTA learned from the press service of the airline.

There are plans to adopt a set of tax exemptions in order to develop the tourism industry, BelTA learned from Belarusian Sports and Tourism Minister Sergei Kovalchuk as the international tourism services expo Leisure 2022 opened in Minsk on 31 March.

World famous sculptor, Director of the National Art Museum of China Wu Weishan has been awarded the Medal of Francysk Skaryna, BelTA learned from the Belarusian embassy in China.

The Healthcare Ministry of Belarus and an international biotechnology company based in Russia BIOCAD plan to sign an agreement, BelTA informs citing the press service of the Healthcare Ministry.

Omicron BA.2 (dubbed Stealth Omicron) spreads even faster, but it is less severe than its parent strain called BA.1, Yelena Gasich, head of the laboratory for diagnosing HIV and concomitant infections at the National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, told the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA informs.

The Culture Ministry chose Belarus' Capital of Culture 2023 at the meeting of its collegium on 23 March, BelTA learned from the press service of the Culture Ministry.

Roaming charges for incoming calls will be canceled in the territory of the Belarus-Russia Union State on 1 April, the press service of the Russian government said following the meeting of the High-Level Group under the Union State Council of Ministers on 23 March, BelTA informs.

Another 117 places of mass execution were identified in Belarus in 2022, Belarus' Prosecutor General Andrei Shved told journalists at the Khatyn memorial complex on 22 March, BelTA has learned.