Modern communication tools have connected in real-time the command and emergency response centers in Moscow, Minsk, Smolensk, and settlements where, according to the exercise scenario, man-made accidents occurred. As noted in a conversation with a BELTA correspondent, the press secretary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus, Vitaly Novitsky, stated that for the first time, a video bridge connected not only stationary command posts simultaneously but also field ones.

The optimization of prosecutor's offices will be carried out based on the interests of citizens, emphasized the Prosecutor General of Belarus Alexander Konyuk at a meeting with the work collective of OJSC "Glubokoye Dairy and Canned Goods Plant", BelTA correspondent reports.

In the Brest region, 34.7% of voters have already cast their ballots, in the Vitebsk region - 45.9%, in the Gomel region - 46.8%, in the Grodno region - 36.8%, in the Minsk region - 38%, in the Mogilev region - 41.8%, in Minsk - 32.3%, abroad - 40.1%.

From November 13-16, a delegation of business circles from the Vitebsk region, led by Yuri Pchelko, Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, visited Tokyo. The Belarusian delegation participated in a seminar-presentation of Belarus at the Parliament of Japan, during which Japanese parliamentarians and representatives of Japanese business were introduced to the investment, export, technological, and tourism potential of the republic.