Belarus' Consul General in Istanbul Aleksei Shved made a working trip to the city of Corlu in the northwestern province of Tekirdag, a major center of Turkish light industry, BelTA learned from the Consulate General of Belarus in Istanbul.

Chairman of Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Nikolai Sherstnev was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Council of Ministers of Belarus for many years of fruitful activity, high professionalism, significant personal contribution to the development and implementation of the social and economic policy of Vitebsk Oblast.

The readiness of the CIS states to stand against modern challenges and threats serves common interests. Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei made the statement at a videoconference session of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council on 10 December, BelTA has learned.

10 people signed up for the next personal reception with the Assistant to the President - inspector for Vitebsk Oblast Anatoly Linevich, which took place in Vitebsk on November 30, more than half of them from the regions. As a result, the communication lasted for 3 hours, and all the questions received require additional study in order to make a balanced decision - according to the law, but taking into account the citizens' request for justice.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the Czech Republic Valery Kurdyukov met with Czechia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Martin Smolek, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The head of state is visiting Vitebsk Oblast Maternity Hospital today, where mothers and patients with coronavirus from all over the region become mothers. A separate block is allocated for them. The chief physician of the maternity hospital, Elena Leonovich, reported to the President that the hospital has more than 150 beds.

Belarus' Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Xie Xiaoyong on 9 December, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Currently, PCR tests for coronavirus infection are being carried out in the region by 6 laboratories, 4 of them are in Vitebsk, 1 in Polotsk and 1 in Novopolotsk. Additionally, two more are being created - on the basis of Orsha Zonal Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology and Vitebsk Central City Polyclinic. This was announced by the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the oblast Vladimir Sinkevich.

Belarusian oil refineries (Mozyr Oil Refinery and Naftan) are expected to get about 1.64 million tonnes of Russian oil in December, BelTA learned from Aleksandr Tishchenko, Press Secretary of the Belarusian state petrochemical concern Belneftekhim, on 8 December.

Over 60 representatives of various fields of activity were awarded state awards. The corresponding Decree was signed by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on December 1. More than 60 representatives of various fields of activity were awarded state awards. Among them there are representatives of Vitebsk Oblast.

Outgoing Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Azerbaijan Gennady Akhramovich paid a farewell courtesy call on Azerbaijan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov on 4 December, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In Vitebsk, since April of this year, more than 80 donors have donated blood plasma with antibodies to coronavirus infection, and almost everyone does it twice, said Daria Kurganova, head of the department for recruiting blood donors and its components with the Unified Donor Center of the Regional Blood Transfusion Station.

It is necessary to unite efforts of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union in developing commodity distribution networks, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich said during a video conference of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council on 4 December, BelTA has learned.

In Vitebsk Oblast next year, it is planned to build 27 thousand square meters of housing, where heating, hot water supply and cooking will be powered by electricity. This was announced by the chairman of the Architecture and Construction Committee of the Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Shidlovsky.

Any sanctions are destructive. This is true not only for the countries against which sanctions are imposed but also for those who apply them because they undermine trust in international relations, political analyst Vadim Borovik said whose comments were published in the SB. Belarus Segodnya newspaper, BelTA has learned.

The Vitebsk DSK enterprise plans to increase the volume of export services to Russia next year, told Anton Dubovikov, general director of the house-building plant.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent greetings to President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates as the country celebrates Federation Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

“I was. I am. I will." These lines from a poem by Vladimir Korotkevich were included in the title of the holiday dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the birth of our famous countryman.

World AIDS Day, which appears on the calendar on December 1, has a theme each year.

A new package of sanctions against Belarus will result in an escalation of the crisis of relations with the West, BelTA learned from Aleksei Avdonin, an analyst with the Belarusian Institute of Strategic Research (BISR).