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A. LUKASHENKO CALLS V. PUTIN TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS CONVINCING VICTORY ON BEHALF OF BELARUSIAN PEOPLE AND HIMSELF.

A. LUKASHENKO HOLDS MEETING ON ALL-BELARUSIAN PEOPLE'S CONGRESS PREPARATION. CONGRESS TO CONVENE IN A NEW STATUS ON APRIL 24-25.

PLANS TO PROVIDE A HARVEST OF AT LEAST 10 MILLION TON OF GRAINS AND LEGUMINOUS CROPS, INCLUDING CORN AND RAPESEED, IN BELARUS THIS YEAR.

MINSK REGION INFRASTRUCTURE INCREASING WITH SPORTS FACILITIES. NEW COMPLEXES TO BE OPENED THIS YEAR IN DZERZHINSK, KRUPKI AND BORISOV.

BELARUS FOOTBALL TEAM GOES TO INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCHES AGAINST MONTENEGRO AND MALTA.

ORTHODOX BELIEVERS START GREAT LENT, STRICTEST AND LONGEST OF MULTI-DAY FASTS OF ORTHODOX CHURCH.