At the International Arts Festival "Slavyansky Bazaar in Vitebsk", the renowned ensemble performed as part of Russia's Culture Day. The ensemble celebrated its 75th anniversary in February, and the concert was dedicated to this jubilee. It featured the best choreographic pieces created by the ensemble's founder, Igor Moiseyev, and carefully preserved by the new generation of young artists.

The campaign in Belarus is organized by the Center for Environmental Solutions with the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus. The campaign finale will take place on September 15, and the Vitebsk Regional Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection has invited all interested residents of the region to participate.

The customs authorities of Belarus and Russia consider it necessary to adopt the Union State program "Development of Canine Services of the Customs Bodies of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation". This was announced today to journalists by the Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Belarus, Alexander Shpilevsky, in response to a question from a BELTA correspondent.

Polotsk border guards at the simplified checkpoint "Vidzy", during the inspection of a Peugeot 607 passenger car, whose driver intended to travel to Lithuania, discovered a hidden compartment equipped in the car's sills. In total, during an in-depth inspection of the vehicle, 664 packs of cigarettes with Belarusian excise stamps were found.

In Roman mythology, there is a legend about the Three Graces – the beautiful companions of the goddess Venus. It was believed that they followed their patroness everywhere and helped mortals find happiness and understand the true essence of love.

Vitebsk region recorded the lowest volume of warehouse stocks among all regions of the country based on the results of the first quarter of the current year. This was announced by the chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets, at a meeting of the committee.

From July 15, 2014, the acceptance of payments from individuals will not be carried out at branch No. 200/106 (21/30 Zamkovaya Street), with the exception of loan payments to JSC "ASB Belarusbank" and payments in foreign currency.

On September 14, the street art festival "Gravity-2013" was held in Vitebsk for the fourth time. As always, not only local street art masters, but also artists from other Belarusian cities could take part in it.

During a recent monitoring, specialists from the sanitary and epidemiological service of the Vitebsk region identified a number of violations in the activities of institutions providing cosmetic services.

A specialized mammology unit has been established at the Vitebsk Regional Diagnostic Center. The center's chief physician, Vladimir Orekhva, notes that a screening program is currently being implemented here. Two city polyclinics are involved in this program.

When Ivan was 6 years old, and his sister Dasha was one year younger, the couple Maura and Luca Pazetti took them from the Velikoletchansky orphanage into their family. Today, these children with typical Slavic names bear an Italian surname, live in the town of Bergamo, and speak a foreign language.

The court's verdict against the former chief accountant of the Vitebsk Central Sports Complex, who committed embezzlement on a large scale, has entered into force.

On January 23, the Vitebsk Regional Museum of Local Lore hosted the second exhibition of the best creative works by students and teachers of children's art schools from Belarus, Latvia, Ukraine, and Russia, following the plein air "Palette of the Dvina Region" dedicated to I. F. Khrutsky and in connection with the 205th anniversary of the artist's birth.