Lyuban Regional Executive Committee

The amount of electricity Belarusian households consume for heating and hot water supply increased by 1.7 times in 2022, BelTA learned from Belarusian Energy Minister Viktor Karankevich on 23 February.  Viktor Karankevich said: “In 2022 the industry's organizations accomplished tasks and hit key targets specified by the government. Needs of the real sector of the economy and the population (heat and electricity, natural gas, peat fuel briquettes) was met in full.”  The existing...

Large-scale work was carried out in Belarus in 2022 to preserve and augment the country's historical and cultural heritage, Head of the Belarus President Administration Igor Sergeyenko said at the collegium of the Culture Ministry that reviewed the state of things in culture in 2022 and set the tasks for 2023. The meeting took place at the Belarusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History, BelTA has learned. “The analysis suggests that a lot was done by cultural workers over...

Over 57,000 foreigners have visited Belarus as part of the visa-waiver travel program within the past week, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Since 1 January 2023, Belarus has hosted 57,044 arrivals from the EU as part of its visa-waiver program: 41,428 citizens of Lithuania, 2,262 non-citizens and 8,410 citizens of Latvia, and 4,944 Polish citizens. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program for neighboring EU countries, Belarus has hosted 442,030 arrivals:...

The Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) showed the best results in fire safety management during the competition carried out by the Belarusian national energy company Belenergo, BelTA learned from the company's information and public relations department. The winners were chosen based on their fire safety practices. The commission assessed the activities to ensure fire safety, fire prevention, professional development of fire protection engineers, study and spread of best practices....

The COVID-19 infection, syphilis and gonorrhea have been removed from the list of high-risk diseases in Belarus. This decision was formalized by Healthcare Ministry's Resolution No. 25 of 3 February 2023. The document was published on the National Legal Internet Portal, BelTA informs. This document amends Healthcare Ministry's Resolution No. 75 of 15 June 2012. The updated list includes active respiratory tuberculosis, plague, cholera, anthrax, and hemorrhagic fevers caused by Lassa,...