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26.04.2016 Belarusian virtual museum on Chernobyl to open on 30th anniversary of accident 22.04.2016 Belarus considers instituting national coordinator for UN SDGs 01.04.2016 Belarus’ Tourism Agency, Rostourism to sign agreement on cooperation 14.03.2016 Belarus’ proposals on informal UNGA meeting discussed in New York MINSK, 14 March (BelTA) – Belarus’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations Andrei Dapkiunas met with President of the General Assembly of the United Nations Mogens Lykketoft at the UN headquarters on 11 March 2016 to discuss the progress in the preparation of a number of upcoming General Assembly events, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Minsitry of Foreign Affairs. 03.03.2016 Belarus, Council of Europe discuss ways to bolster cooperation Belarus and the Council of Europe are mapping out ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BelTA after a meeting between Permanent Representative of Belarus to the European Union, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Belgium Andrei Yevdochenko and Italian MP and PACE rapporteur on Belarus Andrea Rigoni that took place on 2 March. 22.02.2016 Many new technical regulations in development in Customs Union Over 20 new technical regulations are in development in the Customs Union, BelTA learned from Chairman of the State Standardization Committee of Belarus Viktor Nazarenko during the Committee's session on 19 February. 19.02.2016 On-the-job training for Belarusian students at Smolensk nuclear power plant Fifth-year students of the Energy Department of the Belarusian National Technical University are going through undergraduate training at the Smolensk nuclear power plant, BelTA learned from the Information and Public Relations Department of the Smolensk nuclear power plant. 08.02.2016 Lukashenko, Putin agree to strengthen all-round cooperation Belarus and Russia are set to continue strengthening bilateral cooperation in all fields. The agreement was reached during the meeting between Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and Russia President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on 5 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. 03.02.2016 Belarusian agriculture promised state support for priority projects Belarusian agribusiness operators, who will carry out projects outlined by the government program on agribusiness development in Belarus in 2016-2020, will get state support in the form of preferential loans. The statement was made by Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov during the session of the Council of Ministers Presidium held on 2 February to discuss agriculture development prospects, BelTA has learned. 28.01.2016 Belarus, Pakistan to set up sci-tech and innovative cooperation center MINSK, 28 January (BelTA) – Belarus and Pakistan will set up a center to coordinate sci-tech and innovative cooperation, Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus Alexander Shumilin told BelTA.