Sugar beet harvest in Belarus has been 100% completed; Agriculture and Food Ministry confirmed all 108.000 hectares yielded 5.899.000 tonnes of sugar beet, higher than last year and 83% of the produce has been transported to public collection points

11th Christmas Readings “Enlightenment and modernity: personality formation and the challenges of the times” opened at the National Library with the participation of clergy, government representatives, cultural figures, social workers, teachers, students

New Decree No.388 “On improving the procedure for moving into rental housing” aims to reduce the waiting time to move into new state-owned rental apartments, cutting it from up to 200 to 30 working days from the date the building is approved for occupancy

Repurposing of agricultural land will be prohibited, no lands from the agricultural land pool will be allocated for construction or plots; this especially applies many abandoned and unused plots in small communities, Belarus media reported