This decision was made by the deputies of the regional Council. In the region, the rates of the single tax for three types of activities will be brought into compliance with the regulatory framework: public catering organizations – taxes will be changed in Vitebsk, Novopolotsk, Orsha, and Polotsk; water transport activities and services for cleaning and tidying residential premises. The new rates will be brought closer to the minimum figures.

150 workers of the agro-industrial complex – milkmaids, zootechnicians, veterinarians – received valuable gifts, and 42 best representatives of the livestock industry were awarded with honorary diplomas and letters of appreciation from the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Belarus, and the republican and regional committees of the agro-industrial complex workers' trade union. Based on the results of last year's work, the growth rate of gross agricultural production was 105%. In 45 farms of the region, the average milk yield was over 5 thousand kilograms of milk per cow, and in the "Larinovka" farm of the Orsha district, they obtained over 10 thousand kilograms – one of the best indicators in the country. As noted by the head of the region, Nikolai Shersnev, all this gives reason to believe that a turning point has been reached in the livestock industry of the Vitebsk region, and positive development dynamics are emerging.

In the first hours of the polling stations' operation, there were not many people, but the situation has already changed. Voting is active in the regions. In Vitebsk, the governor made his choice. Polling station No. 23 is also called the student polling station; it is located at the Academy of Veterinary Medicine. By the way, it was this university that Nikolai Sherstnev himself graduated from. Competition in this district is high: three candidates are vying for one seat in the City Council.

The capital's Vяснянка microdistrict has turned into a real sports village. Thousands of participants gathered for the "Minsk Ski Track" – professionals and amateurs, ministers and pensioners, adults and children. Everyone took to the skis. This tradition is over 30 years old.

About a hundred scientists will represent the Vitebsk region at the Second Congress of Scientists on December 12-13 in Minsk. The forum will define the strategies and tasks for the development of science in Belarus until 2040. More than two and a half thousand delegates are expected to attend, including about 500 foreign guests, renowned scientists from the Union State, the CIS, leading foreign academies of sciences, and global research organizations and centers. The Second Congress of Scientists is intended to assess achievements, summarize the results of the Year of Science, identify problem areas, and set ambitious goals for the future.

New faces and young politicians will appear in the elections to local councils of deputies, believes the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission of Belarus, Lidia Yermoshina. In Vitebsk, she held a training seminar for members of the regional and territorial election commissions of the region. The elections this time will also be held on women's shoulders, noted Lidia Yermoshina, as more than 80% of the election commission members are women. However, there are fewer young people among them compared to the previous campaign in 2014.

The agro-town of Alshanka and the settlement of Oktyabrsky in the Chashniki district have received natural gas. The solemn ceremony of lighting the symbolic torch was attended by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Nikolai Shersnyov, and a member of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, General Director of Vitebskoblgaz, Pyotr Shershan. Alshanka and Oktyabrsky became the last point on the map of gasification of small settlements in the region in 2017. The gasification of rural areas is one of the tasks of the state program "Comfortable Housing and a Favorable Environment". This year, natural gas has been supplied to a dozen small settlements in the Vitebsk region.

The central district hospital of Miory is expected to receive its first patients in early spring next year. This task was set by Deputy Prime Minister Vasily Zharko. In the district center, he held a reception for citizens and also monitored the progress of the construction of this socially important facility.

Deputies of the Vitebsk Regional Council approved the list of settlements to which the Decree of the President of Belarus on the development of trade, public catering and consumer services in rural areas and small towns will apply.

Representatives of major enterprises and companies in the fields of mechanical engineering, food and processing industries, as well as representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the regional employers' union visited the Russian region.