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.

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.

Tuesday, 02 March 2021 18:16

Belarusian Police Day marked in Vitebsk

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.

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.
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.

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.

Promotion of economic interests is the most important priority and the performance criterion for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belarus' Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said as he spoke at the board meeting of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 25 February to review the performance of the diplomatic service in 2020.