In the Vitebsk region, retail trade turnover and public catering through all sales channels in the first quarter of 2013 increased by 18.7% compared to the same period last year.

The 390th anniversary of the Holy Epiphany Kuteinsky Monastery will be celebrated in Orsha from September 18-20, the district executive committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

It is difficult to recognize the former Katya Butkevich in the confident and striking young woman. At school, she was a thin, quiet, modest girl who avoided noisy company.

The directors of 11 enterprises were recognized as the best managers of the Vitebsk region based on their performance in 2013 at the competition of the regional employers' union. Two designers from Vitebsk and Orsha also received recognition from the professional community.

This holiday, widely known among the people, was once very popular at the estate of the famous artist "Zdravnyovo". The atmosphere of this day is conveyed by the artist in the well-known drawing of 1893, "Holiday Celebration in Zdravnyovo".

So, another page – Stories… of the Vitebsk… District Police… This “page” was written by Inna ABRAMOVA, a well-known researcher, historian, and local lore expert in the city, a frequent participant in creative meetings at “DUKHOVSKOY KRUGLIK”.

A monument to Prince Alexander Nevsky will be erected in Vitebsk within the next two years. This was announced by the Chairman of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, Viktor Nikolaikin, at a meeting of the regional executive committee, where, among other things, issues of implementing the State Program for Tourism Development in the Vitebsk region were considered.

An organ music concert will be held at the Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic on January 31 at 4:00 PM.

A criminal case against an 84-year-old resident of Vitebsk, accused of the murder of his son committed with particular cruelty, has been sent to court, reported Valery Stepanov, senior prosecutor of the regional prosecutor's office.

Investigators are clarifying the circumstances of a road traffic accident on the Vitebsk - Gomel - Ukraine border highway, which resulted in 2 deaths and injuries to two others, reported Inna Gorbacheva, official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus for the Vitebsk region.