The GRP index of the Vitebsk region is the highest among other regions of the republic, Belstat noted. In the Minsk region, this indicator for seven months amounted to 106.2%, in the Grodno region - 103.5%, in the Mogilev region - 103.2%, in the Gomel region - 102.2%, and in the city of Minsk - 101.8%. The gross regional product of the Brest region decreased by 2% compared to the same period last year.

A MAN truck, en route to Russia, was carrying 400 bags of premium quality Belarusian-produced wheat flour, weighing a total of 20 tons. During the inspection of accompanying documents, financial police officers discovered that the carrier lacked the necessary phytosanitary certificate for the transportation of the goods. The cargo, with an estimated value of Br50 million, has been detained. An administrative process has been initiated regarding this violation under Part 4 of Article 12.17 of the Code of Administrative Offences of Belarus. This violation was detected during joint measures to protect the consumer market by employees of the Novopolotsk Inter-district Department of the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee for the Vitebsk Region and officers of the Vitebsk Customs.

Five new initiative groups with active participation of elderly people will be organized this year in the Vitebsk region. This was announced today during a round table dedicated to the problems of realizing the social potential of elderly people in volunteer and charitable activities by Tatyana Drobysh, chief specialist for organizational and methodological work of the regional organization of the Belarusian Red Cross Society.

Tea and coffee, seasonings and spices, aromatic oils and incense were brought to the capital of the Dvina region from India, Lebanon, and Pakistan.