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PRESIDENT ALEKSANDR LUKASHENKO PROPOSED TO OPEN A BELARUSIAN TRADING HOUSE IN RUSSIA'S NIZHNY NOVGOROD OBLAST.

А. LUKASHENKO SIGNED ANOTHER DECREE ON PARDONING CONVICTS. THE DOCUMENT CONCERNS 29 PERSONS WHO COMMITTED EXTREMIST OFFENCES.

CSTO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY CALLS ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO UNITE EFFORTS TO PREVENT THE REVIVAL OF NAZISM.

BELARUS HAS CREATED A SERIOUS SYSTEM OF RADIATION BACKGROUND MONITORING. BELHYDROMET CONDUCTS DAILY MONITORING IN THE AREA OF BELARUSIAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS OF NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.

MINSK IS PREPARING FOR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS. THIS YEAR THE CAPITAL WILL BE DECORATED WITH 250 KM OF MULTI-COLOURED GARLANDS. THE MAIN CHRISTMAS TREE OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE LIT UP ON OCTOBER SQUARE ON 10 DECEMBER.

THE SNEGUROCHKA (SNOW MAIDEN) HAS RETURNED TO THE ESTATE OF THE BELARUSIAN DED MOROZ (FATHER FROST). THIS EVENT TRADITIONALLY LAUNCHES THE NEW YEAR SEASON IN BELOVEZHSKAYA PUSHCHA.