Oblast

Friday, 14 May 2021

COVID-19 herd immunity study kicks off in Belarus

The Belarusian Healthcare Ministry together with the Russian Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) is conducting a study of herd immunity against COVID-19 in Belarus.

Thursday, 13 May 2021

Over 16,000 deposit accounts opened under Belarus' new family capital program

As of 1 May 2021, 98,561 deposit accounts were opened for large families under Belarus' family capital program, 16,182 of which were opened under the new program for 2020-2024, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry.

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Victory Day celebrations in Vitebsk

A solemn procession went from Lenina Square to Pobedy Square where flowers were laid at a monument in honor of Soviet soldiers, partisans, and underground resistance fighters of Vitebsk Oblast as part of the celebration of Victory Day in Vitebsk on 9 May.

Friday, 07 May 2021

Commemorative plaque for Sergei Belov unveiled in Vitebsk

On 6 May, Vitebsk State Medical University hosted a ceremony to unveil a commemorative plaque for Sergei Belov, holder of the USSR State Prize, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, PhD of Medicine, colonel of the medical corps, holder of the Order of the Red Star and Order of the Great Patriotic War 1st Class.

Thursday, 06 May 2021

Over 400,000 Belarusians sign up for COVID-19 vaccines

As of early May 2021, more than 400,000 people signed up in healthcare organizations of the country to get a vaccine against the coronavirus, said Irina Glinskaya, the deputy chief physician of the National Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health, BelTA has learned.

Wednesday, 05 May 2021

Online parade for war veterans in Victory Square in Vitebsk

Vitebsk Oblast rescuers have held their first online parade for the veterans of the Great Patriotic War and former firefighters.

Tuesday, 04 May 2021

Spring sowing in Belarus over half complete

Spring crops in Belarus have been sown on 1.365 million hectares, which is 54.7% of the target area, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Monday, 03 May 2021

Belarus' BRSM Youth Union to hold over 500 events to mark Victory Day

More than 500 events will be held within the framework of the nationwide patriotic project Flowers of Great Victory across the country on 1-9 May.

Friday, 30 April 2021

Belarus' bill on investments passes first reading

The bill on amendments to the Law on Investments has passed the first reading at the fifth session of the seventh-convocation House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus on 30 April, BelTA has learned.

Thursday, 29 April 2021

Call to introduce legal responsibility for falsifying Great Patriotic War history

It is high time we drew up a law to introduce legal responsibility for falsification and distortion of the history of the Great Patriotic War, Marat Zhilinsky, Rector of Graduate School of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, told journalists on 28 April, BelTA has learned.