Environmentalists have included RUP "Tolochin Cannery" in the blacklist of persistent violators of environmental legislation, BelTA reports, citing the official website of the Vitebsk Regional Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

The II All-Belarusian Festival of Family Creativity "Talented Together" will be held in Vitebsk on September 21-22. Creative families with children, family ensembles, and even groups consisting of several families will perform on the stage of the regional philharmonic.

"It is pleasant and always unexpected when one's work and creativity receive such broad recognition and high praise. It inspires new creative heights, as Faina Ranevskaya used to say, it invigorates," the artist admitted. He noted that he has never separated Belarus and Russia in his work: "I don't feel like just a Belarusian or a Russian artist. I am a Soviet person and have never separated our countries and peoples. For example, my relatives are buried in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine."

For over 10 years, open competitions in model shipbuilding have been held at the Orsha District Center for Technical Creativity of Children and Youth

The People's Artist of the Russian Federation began filming the feature film "Miracle about Chagall" a few days ago and has finally broken his vow of silence. "A wonderful atmosphere reigns on the set. The people involved in the filming are a gift of fate. I could not have imagined such cooperation with extras. Everything is done with soul. It's quite fun and interesting," said the eminent director.

The number and nature of citizens' appeals on issues of trade and services reflect the stability of the consumer market in the Vitebsk region. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the department for working with appeals from citizens and legal entities of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, after analyzing the appeals received by the regional executive committee and local executive committees in 2012.

This year, it is planned to perpetuate the memory of 9 Heroes of the Soviet Union in the square, who participated in the liberation of the district from the Nazi invaders. "The idea was born two years ago. The landscaping of the square, located behind the monument to the liberator soldiers, has already been carried out.

Employees of the Traffic Police Department of the Internal Affairs Directorate (serving the Orsha District and the city of Orsha) on the Brest-Minsk-Russian Federation border highway near the village of Obukhovo, Orsha District, detained a "Renault Master" vehicle driven by an unemployed resident of Brest, born in 1976. He was transporting 2500 liters of alcohol-containing liquid (500 polyethylene canisters of 5 liters each) worth Br150 million without proper documentation.

Productivity and output volumes were increased through the installation of high-tech equipment, in particular an Austrian printing press. It was precisely for its acquisition that investments amounting to 44.5 billion rubles were directed.

From August 4, 2014, the Law of the Republic of Belarus No. 134-Z of April 24, 2014 "On Amendments and Additions to Certain Laws of the Republic of Belarus on Minimum Wage Issues" comes into force, in accordance with which Article 59 of the Labor Code of the Republic of Belarus and the Law of the Republic of Belarus No. 124-Z of July 17, 2002 are set forth in a new version.