Belarus medicine affordability: From October, Belarus will cap maximum marginal selling prices for a range of drugs, including antiparasitic, anti-infective, antitumor and immunomodulatory medicines, plus respiratory, digestive and metabolic treatments; the list covers both domestic producers and examples like loratadine and loperamide. Belarus education infrastructure: New construction norms remove the ban on direct electric heating in kindergartens and schools, allowing convectors and heaters after a 60-day transition period. Belarus healthcare tech diplomacy: Pakistan’s Senate delegation, led by Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, visited Minsk’s surgery/transplant/hematology center, highlighting robot-assisted surgery, AI diagnostics, CAR-T therapy and a hybrid operating complex with CT and angiography. Belarus archaeology: Excavations at Kreva Castle found stone foundations of a courtyard bridge tied to the site’s flooded defensive design, with plans to rebuild bridges as part of restoration. Belarus tech & society: A Minsk dorm raid used a service dog to check for drugs and vape trafficking; no prohibited substances were reportedly found.