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.

On 2 March, the headquarters of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee hosted an event to sign the program of implementation of the cooperation agreement between the Republic of Belarus and the Belarusian Orthodox Church in Vitebsk Oblast for 2021-2025. Taking part in the event were Vitebsk Oblast Governor Nikolai Sherstnev, Archbishop of Vitebsk and Orsha Dimitry and Bishop of Polotsk and Glubokoye Igtaty.

Belarus might roll out its own coronavirus vaccine in H2 2021, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he visited the Molodechno Central District Hospital on 12 March, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has made new appointments, BelTA has learned.

A cache with a large amount of explosives has recently been found in Belarus, State Security Committee (KGB) Chairman Ivan Tertel said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA informs.

A cache with a large amount of explosives has recently been found in Belarus, State Security Committee (KGB) Chairman Ivan Tertel said on the air of the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA informs.

Enterprises affiliated with the state association Vitebsk Concern "Meat and Dairy Products" more than doubled their exports to China in 2020, BelTA learned from the concern.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko heard out a report by Head of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate Viktor Sheiman on 9 March, BelTA has learned.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko is visiting the premises of OOO MotoVeloZavod and OAO Motovelo Plant in Minsk on 5 March, BelTA has learned.

Over 1,000 patients have undergone rehabilitation after the coronavirus in the Vitebsk Oblast WWII Disabled Veterans Hospital Yurtsevo since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2020, Vitebsk Oblast reported a nearly 9% fall in criminal offenses registered with the criminal investigation office and a 2.7-time increase in cybercrimes, Andrei Lyubimov, Head of the Vitebsk Oblast Police Department, told a press conference, BelTA informs.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings to Bulgaria President Rumen Radev as the country celebrates Day of Liberation, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Flowers were laid at the memorial to the policemen who died in the line of duty and officers of the regional police department were honored in a ceremony to mark the Belarusian Police Day in Vitebsk on 2 March.

Belarusian Ambassador to Romania Andrei Grinkevich met with Marian Ovidiu Stanica, President of the European Federation of Bilateral Chambers of Commerce, on 1 March, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in Romania.

The State Control Committee routinely fights the payment of envelope salaries and intends to come forward with a number of relevant legislative initiatives, BelTA learned from Chairman of the State Control Committee Vasily Gerasimov on 1 March.

It is necessary to eliminate all kinds of unnecessary intermediation inside the country, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he heard out a report of Chairman of the State Control Committee Vasily Gerasimov on 1 March, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian Ambassador to the People's Republic of China Yuri Senko met with Qian Hongshan, vice minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in China.

The production of the Chinese vaccine against coronavirus may be localized in Belarus, Health Minister Dmitry Pinevich said during a ceremonial welcome to an aircraft from Beijing with a humanitarian cargo, BelTA has learned.