At an Old New Year reception on 12 January Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko awarded mass media and healthcare workers, BelTA has learned.
Chairman of the Interstate TV and Radio Company Mir Radik Batyrshin was awarded the Order of Francysk Skaryna for his significant personal contribution to strengthening inter-state peace, friendly relations and cooperation, for fruitful work to bring together and mutually enrich national cultures, to build and promote a common information space, and for successful charitable and humanitarian work.
Commendation letters were presented to deputy head for special projects at the Main Directorate of the Television News Agency of the Belarusian State Television and Radio Company Sergei Baranovsky and editor of the same directorate Gleb Gorbatenko, political columnist at the STV TV channel Olga Korshun, Director of the Information Broadcasting Directorate of the Second National Channel Andrei Mokhor, chief of information and analytical programs of the same directorate Yekaterina Tumas-Tishkevich. The commendation acknowledged significant personal contribution to the implementation of the state media policy, high professionalism, objective and comprehensive coverage of socio-political and cultural events.
The president’s commendation letter for many years of fruitful work, exceptional professionalism, and significant personal services to public health was presented to Chief Physician of the Minsk City Emergency Hospital Olga Svetlitskaya, Deputy Chief Physician for Surgery at the National Medical Center of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate Yuri Slobodin and epidemiologist from this center Maria Alekseyeva.
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