On February 23, a winter cultural and sports festival "Vitebsk Ski Track – 2013" will be held in the Park of the Soviet Army as part of the republican "Belarusian Ski Track".

A social protection system for all categories of victims has been established and is in operation in the country, based on the Law of the Republic of Belarus "On Social Protection of Citizens Affected by the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster and Other Radiation Accidents". The Belarusian State Register of Persons Subjected to Radiation Exposure as a Result of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Disaster has been established and is functioning.

A young man was sentenced to 8 years in prison in a high-security colony in Orsha for repeatedly stabbing a 67-year-old pensioner until his knife broke.

The Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, in conjunction with OJSC "Belagroprombank" and the Belarusian Public Association "Rural Tourism", is holding the competition "Best Agro-Estate of the Vitebsk Region 2012".

For the summer of 2015, an exhibition of Marc Chagall's graphic illustrations for Gogol's poem "Dead Souls" is planned to be held in Finland – 96 etchings from 1923-1925 from the collection of the Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk.

The anniversary of the lifting of the siege of heroic Leningrad, January 27, 1944, is approaching. This day is forever etched in the hearts of those who bravely fought for life and freedom during 872 terrible days marked by hunger, cold, loss, and suffering. Today, 106 Leningrad blockade survivors live in the Vitebsk region, 46 of whom reside in Vitebsk. They are remembered, honored, and invited to meetings with schoolchildren and young people.

The consumer price index for goods in the Vitebsk region in June 2014 compared to May of the current year was 100.8 percent, and compared to December 2013 it was 107.6 percent, the region's Main Statistical Department reported.

Employees of the Department for Combating Smuggling and Administrative Customs Offenses of the Vitebsk Customs have completed an inspection regarding the movement through the "Bigosovo-1" Republican Customs Clearance Point from Latvia to Kazakhstan

The XXVII International Festival of Modern Choreography brought together representatives of leading dance schools from over 20 countries in the city on the Dvina River. The festival's graphic symbol – the meander – very accurately reflects the main line of IFMC: eternal movement, flow, and circulation. This is precisely why interest in what happens on the Vitebsk stage has not subsided for 27 years, and every year the city on the Dvina transforms into the capital of modern dance for a few days.

About 30 calls from residents of the Vitebsk region were received by the chairman of the regional executive committee, Nikolai Sherstnev, during a "hotline" held last Saturday. Summarizing the communication with the population, the head of the region emphasized that such a form of work as "hotlines" is undoubtedly useful. People mainly ask pressing issues that are not being resolved for one reason or another.

On May 23, 2015, a "direct line" with the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Nikolai Nikolaevich Sherstnev, will take place. Call from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the phone number in Vitebsk: (8-0212) 20-42-60.