Mass sowing is underway in Dokshytsy, Lepel, Chashniki, Beshenkovichi, and Glubokoye districts. According to specialists' forecasts, with favorable weather conditions, all farms in the region will begin sowing spring grain crops, rapeseed, and flax within 2-3 days. The completion of sowing is planned for no later than May 1. The late spring is hindering large-scale spring field work, forcing farmers to mobilize resources to carry out the sowing campaign within a tight timeframe. Under these conditions, special attention will be paid to monitoring compliance with technological work regulations. Farms are ready for the start of sowing operations and are fully supplied with fertilizers, seeds, and fuel. More than 1,000 sowing units are ready to enter the fields of the region. In the Vitebsk region, it is planned to sow spring grain and leguminous crops on an area of about 257 thousand hectares, 20 thousand hectares are allocated for flax, 13.1 thousand hectares will be sown with spring rapeseed, and corn will occupy 100 thousand hectares.

"I consider myself a star when I lock myself in the bathroom and sing," the People's Artist joked. "I dislike epithets like 'great,' 'genius.' Who then are Pushkin, Lermontov, Chaliapin, Nezhdanova, Maksakova?" he asked the journalists rhetorically. Speaking about himself and his colleagues in the creative profession, he said: "We are normal popular artists. And whoever wants to be a star – let them be."

In the evening of November 4, two unknown men entered the unlocked house of an 82-year-old pensioner in the village of Bukarevo and, hitting him on the head with garden shears, attempted to find and steal money. The unexpected active resistance of the elderly man forced the attackers to flee, and the pensioner reported the assault to law enforcement agencies half an hour after the incident.

On February 25, he submitted his resignation to Pope Benedict XVI due to illness. This action, as noted on the website of the Roman Catholic Church in Belarus, is a concern for the fruitful and full functioning of the Vitebsk Diocese. Currently, Wladyslaw Blin is undergoing treatment.

About fifty observers are accredited to 14 district election commissions, the rest are accredited to precinct election commissions. At the same time, public organizations nominated almost 80% of observers, 16.6% of observers were sent by work collectives, and party structures nominated only 7 people. Currently, long-term international observers are also working in the region.

Head of the Department of Strategic Development and Foreign Economic Activity of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Belarus, Sergey Negrey, announced that the parties have agreed to introduce the Vitebsk-Naples route on the condition of uninterrupted transit through the territories of transit countries.

The Territorial Center for Social Services of the Population of the Polotsk District has come up with another innovation for lonely elderly people - "Sanatorium at home".

Annually, residents of the region are invited to join an international campaign aimed at reducing harmful emissions into the atmosphere, even if only slightly. Motorists are asked to leave their cars in the garage for a day and use alternative modes of transportation.

Residents and guests of the city are invited to the main square of Vitebsk to take part in the