{"id":143189,"date":"2025-06-18T17:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143189\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"viciebsk-region-worst-performing-lukasenka-plans-dressing-down","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143189\/","title":{"rendered":"Viciebsk region worst-performing, \u0141uka\u0161enka plans dressing down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 18, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Viciebsk region lagged behind other provinces in socio-economic performance in January through May, <em>Pozirk<\/em>\u2019s analysis of Bie\u0142stat data has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The region\u2019s gross regional product declined by 0.9 percent, industrial production by 3.5 percent and agricultural production by 3 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk\u2019s economy rose by 4.6 percent in the same period, the Minsk region\u2019s by 4.4 percent, the Brest region\u2019s by 2.4 percent, the Mahilo\u016d region&#8217;s by 1.8 percent and the Homiel and Hrodna regions\u2019 by 1 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka yesterday announced plans for a big conference on the problematic situation in the Viciebsk region, according to his press office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/traktor_belarus_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/traktor_belarus_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/traktor_belarus_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/traktor_belarus_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/traktor_belarus_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/traktor_belarus_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 GDP growth slows to 2.5 percent<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 17, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.5 percent in January-May 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, the National Statistical Committee reports. Since the year\u2019s start, GDP growth has slowed from 3.7 percent in January &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/143007\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 18, Pozirk. The Viciebsk region lagged behind other provinces in socio-economic performance in January through May, Pozirk\u2019s analysis of Bie\u0142stat data has revealed. The region\u2019s gross regional product declined by 0.9 percent, industrial production by 3.5 percent and agricultural production by 3 percent. Minsk\u2019s economy rose by 4.6 percent in the same period, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":143177,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-143189","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Viciebsk region worst-performing, \u0141uka\u0161enka plans dressing down | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 18, Pozirk. 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