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        • Conference “The Pen is Mightier than the Sword? Meeting today’s challenges to freedom of expression and the safety of journalists”
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        • The Cabinet approved the Development Cooperation Policy Plan for 2024–2027
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        • The Foreign Ministry launches a grant competition for the co-financing of development cooperation and global education projects
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        • Grant project competition 2021
        • Grant competition for projects in support of civil society in Belarus in 2021
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      • Suspension in whole of the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on the facilitation of the issuance of visas to the citizens of the European Union and the Russian Federation
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      • 1. Protocol of Visits
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