By tradition, the day will be opened by a press conference with the participation of Belarusian artists. The event "We Remember and Are Proud!" will gather residents of the regional center, guests, and festival participants on Victory Square, where flowers and wreaths will be laid at the Memorial Complex in honor of the liberators, partisans, and underground fighters of Vitebsk region.

The Broad-fingered crayfish (lat. Astacus astacus) is a species of decapod crustaceans from the infraorder Astacidea. Its natural population sharply declined at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. It inhabits rivers and, as a rule, flowing lakes. A necessary condition for its existence is the presence of dense soils suitable for burrow construction.

The election campaign for the local Councils of Deputies is approaching the early voting stage, which begins on March 18. Stands with informational materials about all candidates for the mandate must already be equipped at polling stations, and precinct commissions are obliged to inform voters about them.

While work collectives were cleaning up the territory of enterprises and organizations as part of the republican subbotnik, the population was engaged in landscaping around their homes, on the streets of cities and villages, as well as near memorable places.

The regional stage of the "Yolka-Fest-2014" review-competition became a kind of rehearsal for the New Year's holidays, most beloved by adults and children. With their characteristic spontaneity, boys and girls watched the Ded Morozes and Snegurochkas who had gathered from all over the region to compete for the title of the best.

The greatest campaign activity, judging by the number of special accounts opened, is intended to be shown by candidates in the Polotsk City Electoral District No. 28. Here, all three contenders have exercised their right to replenish their election funds. In the Vitebsk-Chkalov Electoral District No. 18, Novopolotsk No. 25, and Sharkovshchina No. 29, two contenders for a deputy seat have opened special accounts, while in Vitebsk Rural No. 21, Lepel No. 23, and Orsha City No. 26, there is one candidate each.

On February 27 and 28, Vitebsk Department Store OJSC is holding a promotion with a 50% reduction in trade markup (down to 11.5% of the retail price) on all goods sold in the following sections: "Women's Clothing", "Women's Knitwear, Hosiery", "Men's Clothing, Knitwear", "Children's Clothing, Knitwear", "Footwear".

About 300 residents of the Vitebsk region have prevented crimes from being committed through their courageous actions over five years, the Department of Information and Public Relations of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee told a BELTA correspondent.

The concert hall of St. Sophia Cathedral will open its XXXI season on September 22, the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve informed a BELTA correspondent.

As reported to "Vitebskiye Vesti" by the investment and economic department of the FEZ administration, one of the newcomers – CJSC "Ingrida Nafta" – was established with the participation of Latvian capital.

Preparatory work has been completed at the Vitebsk Hydroelectric Power Station: in particular, a diversion channel has been built through which water has been rerouted, the riverbed has been dammed, an access road is in operation, and the remaining infrastructure has been created.

More than 30 former Leningrad blockade survivors will take part in a solemn meeting in Vitebsk on the occasion of the anniversary of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad, reported Galina Frantseva, chairperson of the Vitebsk City Organization of the Belarusian Public Association of Veterans.