Based on the results of foreign economic activity for seven months (excluding oil products), the region achieved a positive balance for both commodity products - $78 million, and services - $24 million. Today, the efforts of authorities and enterprise managers are aimed at minimizing the negative consequences that have occurred in the country, with special attention paid to import substitution and export growth, emphasized Oleg Matskevich. "Achieving a positive balance is the main indicator of the effectiveness of the work being carried out in these areas," noted the Deputy Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee, Oleg Matskevich. Based on the results of 2011, it is expected that the region's positive balance of foreign economic activity will be around $120 million (excluding oil products). The region will continue to work and provide support for the implementation of import-substituting and export-oriented projects, especially since the region has the potential to organize the production of products for many imported items, Oleg Matskevich is confident.

According to Marina Romanovskaya, a certain degree of excitement, given the specificity of the festival, was present among the organizers, as always. However, public interest in the IFMC events began to manifest long before the forum itself.

"Here in Vitebsk, my talisman is the audience. The main thing is not the jury's scores or winning. The main thing is how the audience reacts to my song. And I'm pleased that the energy I try to bring to the viewers returns to me from them again. We complement each other. The audience understands the feelings I want to convey with the song," Samantha said.

Although our northern region of the republic is not overly blessed with scorching sun, it can also become a tourist mecca thanks to its natural endowments. The main thing is to create the proper infrastructure, develop unique tourist brands, wisely utilize available resources, and skillfully present the potential. Then we can talk about developed domestic and inbound tourism.

For the implementation of a differentiated payment system by the population for electricity services, if such a decision is made, extensive preparatory work is necessary, emphasized the representative of RUE "Belenergo". "We need to create a database regarding registered consumers and information exchange. This, of course, requires significant elaboration, as well as the refinement of the necessary documents that will form the basis for introducing these tariffs. In our opinion, it is simply unrealistic to introduce differentiated tariffs this year," said Nina Grechikha.

In Vitebsk, couples with a long history of marital relations prefer to divorce at the registry office, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by the civil registry offices of the three administrations of Vitebsk.

You don't need to delve deep into archives to recall a different Vitebsk. It all depends on each person's personal baggage of lived years: for some, a quiet square in the very heart of the city on Victory Square will come to mind, while others will clearly remember the tram tracks that crossed the city along Lenin Street, and much, much more.

As many as three environmental events will take place in the Polotsk district on September 14. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Polotsk District Executive Committee.

The results of the "GUST" (Guarantee of Success of Modern Goods) tasting competition for the best product, held from October 29 to December 10 in Minsk, have been summarized in Belarus. The best fish, vegetable, dairy, meat, bakery, and confectionery products were identified during the competition.