The Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry and the Belt and Road Working Committee of the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises have signed a memorandum of intent on strategic cooperation for the period of five years, BelTA has learned.

Selective sowing of early grain and leguminous crops began in almost all regions of Vitebsk Oblast, the agriculture and food office of the oblast executive committee said.

The economy and people's lives are top priorities, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the government conference held on 7 April to discuss oil deliveries to Belarus, BelTA has learned.

Starting April 1, a third way of paying for travel was introduced in public transport in Vitebsk. Such information was posted on the official web-site JSC Vitebskoblavtotrans.

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko evaluated the operation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and noted with regret that the commonwealth is losing its meaning as a platform for the resolution of important issues in an interview with the TV and Radio Company Mir, BelTA informs.

Deputies of the oblast Council at an extraordinary session made adjustments to the investment program of Vitebsk Oblast for 2020, including additional facilities in the document for financing from the oblast budget and other sources.

China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday attended the national mourning period for martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak and compatriots who died of the novel coronavirus pneumonia.

About 15 million trees will be planted this spring in forestries of Vitebsk oblast, BELTA learned from Vitebsk State Forestry Production Association (SFPA).

The Decree of the Council of Ministers dated March 25 2020 No. 171 defines measures to prevent the importation and spread of infection caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus.

With the current favorable weather conditions we need to accelerate the spring sowing campaign, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during his working visit to Smolevichi District, Minsk Oblast on 3 April, BelTA has learned.

Laws should be effective and the society should be able to understand them, BelTA learned from Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova during the opening of the spring session of the upper chamber of the Belarusian parliament on 2 April.

In 2020, cultural institutions of Vitebsk oblast will receive 75 new pianos produced in Belarus, the head of the culture department Petr Podgursky said at a meeting of the oblast executive committee.