An authorized body will be set up in Belarus to protect personal data, Andrei Pavlyuchenko, the Head of the Operations and Analysis Center under the President of the Republic of Belarus, told the media following the meeting with the head of state, BelTA has learned.

The Brest Oblast Union of Trade Unions and the Federation of Trade Unions of Russia's Rostov Oblast signed a cooperation agreement, BelTA learned from the press service of the regional association.

The defense ministries of Belarus and Russia held a session of the joint collegium in Moscow on 20 October, BelTA learned from the Defense Ministry.

More than 1,500 haulers were queuing in Belarus to cross the border with the European Union as of 8.00 on 19 October, BelTA learned from the website of the State Border Committee.