Household sample surveys are carried out to assess living standards in Belarus. Low-income households are people whose per capita income is below the subsistence level. In 2020 the average per capita minimum subsistence budget in Belarus was Br253.5, and on 1 February 2021 it increased to Br262.87. Deputy Economy Minister Tatyana Brantsevich told BelTA about living standards in our country and the results achieved in recent years.

The development of Belarus' own vaccine against COVID-19 is a matter of honor for the Healthcare Ministry and the National Academy of Sciences. More than that, this vaccine should be the best, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich on 26 March, BelTA has learned.

The 30th edition of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk has been scheduled for 14-19 July. The festival's program will include traditional concerts, an ice show, theater performances, and a street art festival, Director General of the Vitebsk Culture Center, Director of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk Gleb Lapitsky told a press briefing on 24 March, BelTA has learned.

Belarus and Kazakhstan have done a lot for the development of relations in recent years. The visit of Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to Belarus can give a boost for bilateral cooperation, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Belarus Askar Beisenbayev on 25 March, BelTA informs.

Law enforcement agencies will coordinate fight against extremism in Belarus. Head of the State Security Legislation Observation Oversight Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus Valery Shulyak made the statement as he commented on the new revision of the law on counteracting extremism, BelTA has learned.

The privatization of the Minsk Leather Production Association is out of the question. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the relevant statement as he visited this enterprise in Gatovo, Minsk District on 23 March, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian healthcare professionals are expecting a third wave of the coronavirus infection this spring, Healthcare Minister Dmitry Pinevich told reporters prior to announcing postgraduate work assignment decisions at Vitebsk State Medical University, BelTA has learned.

There will be no new decisions regarding the retirement age in Belarus, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Minsk Leather Production Association in Gatovo, Minsk District on 23 March, BelTA has learned.

An instrumental duo of students of Shumilino Children's Art School won the grand prix at the online competitions London Art and Dance and Talants of Berlin, BelTA learned from Nelli Zhavoronkova, a teacher at Shumilino Children's Art School.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko's speech at the nationwide commemorative rally timed to the 78th anniversary of the Khatyn tragedy

Vitebsk is hosting the second edition of the open contest of national cultures, talent, and beauty Grace International that features contestants from nine countries who study at universities of Vitebsk and Minsk.

Amendments to the Constitution should reflect today's realities, Chairman of the Standing Commission on Education, Culture and Science of the House of Representatives, Doctor of History, Professor Igor Marzalyuk told BelTA.

Volunteers tidied up the territory around memorials to villages destroyed during the Great Patriotic War in Vitebsk Oblast on 17 March.

On 16 March, volunteers cleaned up the memorial complex Shunevka in Dokshitsy District. The memorial complex commemorates 149 local residents who were killed by Nazis on 2 March 1943.

On 16 March Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 107 “On biometric documents”, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state.

The Vitebsk concert hall hosted an evening of modern choreography Clean Sheet. Diana Yurchenko's folk theater-studio of modern choreography of the Vitebsk center of culture performed at the event. The audience was shown a two-part Belarusian-language program.

The Human Rights Council of the UN adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Belarus on 16 March, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

India is interested in economic cooperation with Vitebsk Oblast in such areas as woodworking, water purification, pharmaceutics, and personnel training for oil processing industry. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Belarus Sangeeta Bahadur made the statement as she met with representatives of the Vitebsk Oblast administration, BelTA has learned.

The Constitution of Belarus, adopted 27 years ago, has become a symbol of a new era - a free, peaceful and stable life of the Belarusian people, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with members of the Constitutional Commission on 15 March, BelTA has learned.