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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.

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.

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.

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.

The traffic police ask all road users to be extremely attentive and careful in foggy conditions.

There are plans to invest about Br40 million in the construction of infrastructure facilities in the free economic zone (FEZ) Vitebsk, including about Br30 million in 2021, the FEZ Vitebsk administration told BelTA.