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From March 1, young livestock breeders in Vitebsk Oblast who came to their first job in 2020 will receive additional Br1.000 from the oblast budget. Deputy Chairman of the Oblast Executive Committee Boris Efremov announced this at the 28th session of Vitebsk Oblast Council of Deputies, BelTA informs.

In 2021, the prosecutor's office, police and investigators of Vitebsk Oblast intend to strengthen their joint work to combat cybercrimes, Pavel Ignatov, head of the Investigative Committee for the Vitebsk Region, told, BelTA has learned.

In Vitebsk Oblast in 2020, the area of unused communal real estate decreased by 92.100 sq. m., or by 10% compared to the data for 2019, BelTA learned from the Vitebskoblimuschestvo committee.

During the pandemic, volunteers of Vitebsk regional organization of the Belarusian Red Cross Society (BRCC) provided more than 11.000 services to the population, said the head of the regional organization Galina Zhelanova. During the pandemic, caring for the elderly has become a priority for Red Cross workers and volunteers.

According to Viktor Shebalov, head of the livestock production and sectoral construction department of the committee on agriculture and food of the Oblast Executive Committee, gross milk production amounted to 740.900 tons (growth rate by 2019 - 103.4%) with an average milk yield per cow of 4030 kg.

Employees of the forestry enterprises of Vitebsk State Forestry Enterprise will complete preparations for the fire hazardous season by March 1, said Vladimir Konkov, head of the department for forest protection and protection, hunting and hunting tourism of Vitebsk State Forestry Enterprise.