Local officials need to be more proactive in decision-making and work harder, President Lukashenko said, emphasising "if someone is not willing, we will force them, if someone does not know how to do it, we will teach them"

President Lukashenko signed Decree No. 375 "On the Proclamation of 2024 Year of Quality"

Vitebsk's carpet exports increased by 16,7% year-on-year to USD 33 million in the period from January to October 2023; 86,3% of the products were shipped to Russia

Six Supreme Court judges, in addition to the heads of the Gomel Oblast Court and the economic courts of the Vitebsk Oblast and the city of Minsk, were appointed by a decree signed by President Lukashenko

Authorities would be abusing anti-terrorism and anti-extremism legislation to further purge civic space, suppress freedom of expression and eradicate political opposition, according to Anaïs Marin, Special Rapporteur on human rights in Belarus