In December, Belarusians can expect innovations in paying for housing and communal services, freezing of interest rates on loans, and new travel routes.
We talk about these and other changes in our traditional digest.
Reduction of housing and communal services fees for vacant housing for incapacitated owners
The changes will affect incapacitated citizens who permanently reside in social service institutions and who own empty housing.
Legal representatives of such citizens have the right to apply to the RSC at the location of their housing with an application to have the fee for technical maintenance and heat supply calculated at subsidized rates.
If there are no gas, water and electricity meters in the apartment, the fee for such utilities will not be charged. The rule will come into effect on December 1.
Freezing of interest rates on loans
The National Bank did not change the calculated values of standard risk for December. This means that interest rates on loans will remain the same.
Increase in funeral benefits
Next month, this social payment will increase by 49.5 rubles and will amount to 2,363.4 rubles.
Fine for summer tires
Drivers are required to switch to winter tires by December 1. Violation of this requirement is subject to a fine of up to 1 BV (40 rubles).
For a repeated violation within a year, the fine is from 2 to 5 BV (from 80 to 200 rubles).
Cigarette prices rise
Belarusian producers and importers of tobacco products have the right to declare maximum retail prices for cigarettes on a monthly basis.
From December 1, prices for some types of Korona cigarettes produced by Tabak-Invest will increase by 5-20 kopecks.
New metro stations
Next month, three new stations on the Zelenoluzhskaya line are scheduled to open: Slutskiy Gostinets, Aerodromnaya, and Nemorshansky Sad.
New routes for travel
Minsktrans will open a flight to Munich on December 6, and Belavia will begin flying from Minsk to the Chinese metropolis of Urumqi on December 16.
Innovations for truck drivers
From December 1, Lithuania will introduce pre-registration in an electronic queue for trucks leaving the external border of the European Union.
The Lithuanian Ministry of Transport claims that this will help to resolve queues.
Christmas tree markets
In the capital, sales of New Year trees will start on December 16.
The main bazaar at Bagrationa, 70 will be open from 10 am to 8 pm seven days a week until December 31.
School holidays
Winter holidays in schools will last 14 days: from December 25 to January 7 inclusive.
For reference
December is the twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar.
