Regional News

The winners of the competition for achieving the best indicators in 2019 in the field of social and economic development and saving of fuel, energy and material resources with entering on the Honor board of Vitebsk Oblast were determined.

The relevant work is carried out in military registration and enlistment offices and separate groups of Vitebsk Oblast. To protect the State border of the Republic of Belarus, modern complex weapon systems and equipment are used, requiring deep and versatile knowledge and practical skills. Therefore, special requirements are imposed on members of the border service. One of the most important selection criteria is a high level of physical and moral- psychological preparation.

The medical building of Vitebsk Oblast Hospital of invalids of the Great Patriotic War "Yurtsevo" with 30 beds was opened today after a major overhaul with modernization.

In Vitebsk Oblast, it was decided to end the heating season from April 30, the head department of the housing and communal services of Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee said.

In Vitebsk Oblast, pupils of five schools of the world and other educational institutions applying for this title joined the campaign "Letter to Veteran" dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, said Tatyana Tumanova, chairman of the oblast branch of Belarusian Peace Fund.

Challenge of video clips “75 songs about the war”, dedicated to the Great Victory, starts in Vitebsk Oblast. It will become part of the republican patriotic project "Flowers of the Great Victory," the BRYU oblast committee reported.

As of April 1, 2020, Vitebsk Oblast registered almost 31.6 small and medium businesses, which is 3.2% more than in the same period of 2019, the press center of the oblast tax inspectorate reported.

According to the operational data of the oblast administration, in Vitebsk Oblast organizations in the first quarter of 2020, 5 people died as a result of industrial accidents (the first quarter of 2019 - 10) and 20 people were seriously injured (18).

The remote vocal competition «On the same wave» will be held for the first time in Vitebsk Oblast, Vitebsk Oblast Methodological Center for Folk Art (VOMCFA) reported.

Agrarians of Vitebsk Oblast over the weekend crossed the equator in the sowing of early spring grain and leguminous crops, Agriculture and Food Office of Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee said.

In January - March 2020, more than Br441 million of revenues controlled by tax authorities came to the consolidated budget of Vitebsk oblast.

In Vitebsk oblast, more than 3 thousand people are on self-isolation, said Vladimir Sinkevich, the chief state sanitary officer of the region.

With a hashtag #Thankstothephysicians everyone can send postcards with words of gratitude to medical workers of healthcare institutions of the oblast for free.

Domestic light industry began to master the release of protective equipment for physicians, as well as the population.

On April 11, in Vitebsk, employees of the oblast committee of natural resources and environmental protection planted more than a hundred trees during the environmental campaign «Let's Improve Our Small Homeland».

On April 10, representatives of the World Health Organization mission watched the system of measures taken in Vitebsk Oblast to overcome coronavirus infection.

In connection with the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in World War II, in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated December 30, 2019 No. 491 «On the provision of one-time financial assistance», from April 1 to May 1, one-time financial assistance is paid to veterans, participants of the Great Patriotic War and some categories of citizens affected by the consequences of the war.

Most of the sewing enterprises of Vitebsk Oblast switched to the production of personal protective equipment, the chairman of the economy committee of Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Angelika Nikitina said at a meeting of the oblast headquarters to combat the spread of coronavirus and protect the population from infection.

New head of the healthcare office of Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee was appointed.

KKUP "Vitebsk Oblast Marketing Center" in connection with the difficult epidemiological situation, taking additional measures to prevent and reduce the spread of SARS, including those caused by COVID-19, opened a charity account.