In an interview with RBC newspaper Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei spoke about the possible agenda of the meeting between presidents Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin which is scheduled for the second half of February, BelTA informs.

The plans of Vitebsk Oblast Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection for 2021 are to reduce the area of distribution of Sosnovsky hogweed by an average of almost a quarter. Chairman of the committee Viktor Galanov announced this at the final meeting, BelTA has learned.

MINSK, 12 February (BelTA) – Belarus has never had any political prisoners, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said taking stock of the results of the 6th Belarusian People's Congress in Minsk on 12 February, BelTA has learned.

MINSK, 11 February (BelTA) – The new Constitution will be drafted by the end of 2021, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he addressed the 6th Belarusian People's Congress in Minsk on 11 February, BelTA has learned.

In 2021, the prosecutor's office, police and investigators of Vitebsk Oblast intend to strengthen their joint work to combat cybercrimes, Pavel Ignatov, head of the Investigative Committee for the Vitebsk Region, told, BelTA has learned.

MINSK, 9 February (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko heard out a report of Chairman of the Minsk City Hall Vladimir Kukharev on 9 February, BelTA has learned.

In Vitebsk Oblast in 2020, the area of unused communal real estate decreased by 92.100 sq. m., or by 10% compared to the data for 2019, BelTA learned from the Vitebskoblimuschestvo committee.

MINSK, 9 February (BelTA) – Yakub Kolas Square and the former grounds of the Horizont TV factory need a facelift, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Minsk Mayor Vladimir Kukharev to receive his report on 9 February, BelTA has learned.

During the pandemic, volunteers of Vitebsk regional organization of the Belarusian Red Cross Society (BRCC) provided more than 11.000 services to the population, said the head of the regional organization Galina Zhelanova. During the pandemic, caring for the elderly has become a priority for Red Cross workers and volunteers.

MINSK, 8 February (BelTA) – Chairperson of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova met with outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to Belarus Nasirdjan Yusupov on 8 February, BelTA has learned.

According to Viktor Shebalov, head of the livestock production and sectoral construction department of the committee on agriculture and food of the Oblast Executive Committee, gross milk production amounted to 740.900 tons (growth rate by 2019 - 103.4%) with an average milk yield per cow of 4030 kg.

MINSK, 5 February (BelTA) – The Belarusian state light industry concern Bellegprom shipped its products to 52 countries in 2020, BelTA learned from Bellegprom's press service.

Employees of the forestry enterprises of Vitebsk State Forestry Enterprise will complete preparations for the fire hazardous season by March 1, said Vladimir Konkov, head of the department for forest protection and protection, hunting and hunting tourism of Vitebsk State Forestry Enterprise.

MINSK, 4 February (BelTA) – Belarus-Uzbekistan cooperation has made considerable strides, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to Belarus Nasirdjan Yusupov whose mandate in Belarus is expiring, BelTA has learned.

Agriculture will become the most important priority of the social and economic development of Vitebsk Oblast in the future until 2025, the current five-year plan will become a nationwide construction project in the agro-industrial complex.

MINSK, 3 February (BelTA) – Belarus has passed the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told reporters at the joint briefing with Head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being [Rospotrebnadzor] Anna Popova on 3 February, BelTA has learned

By the end of 2020, the number of cybercrimes in Vitebsk Oblast increased 2.7 times, but the number of grave and especially grave crimes decreased by 12.5%.

Belarus' development program for 2021-2025 aims to improve the quality of life, Chairwoman of the Standing Commission on Health, Physical Education, Family and Youth Policy of the House of Representatives Lyudmila Makarina-Kibak told BelTA.

At Belarusian championship in biathlon among boys and girls, which took place on the basis of Raubichi sports complex near Minsk, the team of Vitebsk Oblast took the first place. Athletes from Dvina region won 18 medals (of which six were gold), with 14 awards in the assets of the representatives of the weak half.

MINSK, 1 February (BelTA) – There is no increase in influenza cases in Belarus yet, the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry said following a working meeting to discuss COVID-19 containment measures.