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We should rejuvenate the Kupala Night Festival in Alexandria while preserving its national element, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko said.

The performing artists will include Alena Lanskaya, Zhanet, Irina Dorofeyeva, Aura band, Pesnyary, Byaseda, Belarusy art group. The hosts of the gala concert are Polina Shuba and Ruslan Chernetsky.

Igor Petrishenko said: “I would like to discuss the main aspects relating to the liquidation of barriers and restrictions in the Eurasian Economic Union. Thanks to our joint work last year we secured progress in this matter. We've been working at a certain speed this year, too. It is necessary to work harder in a number of areas.”

According to Igor Petrishenko, the EAEU leaders discussed the natural gas market during the private part of the session. “You know that a concept has been prepared and passed as well as the relevant program on setting up the gas market," he said.

Call to promote longer working life in Belarus MINK, 19 May (BelTA) - Belarus needs to create conditions to promote a longer working life, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko said during a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic in Minsk on 19 May, BelTA has learned. “Some 1.5 million of our citizens have crossed the 65-year mark. The government has approved the National Active Longevity Strategy until 2030. The document identifies the steps to use the potential of elder people more effectively, to mitigate the effects of the ageing populat...