"With your personal example and unwavering resolve, you have shown what a true patriot of their Motherland should be. Your feat has no statute of limitations," emphasized Alexander Kosinets. With their bravery and courage, veterans have gifted a peaceful life to the Belarusian people, therefore, caring for them is an honorable duty for the current generation. Social assistance and support for this most respected category of citizens is one of the most important tasks of the authorities, noted the head of the region. Thus, over the past year, 64 people have improved their housing conditions, and two in the first quarter of the current year. Medical care for veterans is organized at a high level. The successful development of the region allows for providing constant comprehensive support to this category of elderly people.

About 120 people were rescued from snow captivity by employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Vitebsk region, the Vitebsk Regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations informed a BELTA correspondent.

The necessity of fulfilling the task on wage growth and real monetary incomes of the population, voiced by the President at a recent meeting on the economy's performance for the past period of 2012, assessment of the year's results and draft forecasts, budget and monetary policy for 2013, is obvious, believes the mayor.

The XX anniversary international mini-football tournament among energy workers from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, China, and Belarus was organized at the sports complex of the Lukomlskaya State District Power Station.

At the production site, equipped with high-tech European equipment, up to 70 thousand cubic meters of expanded clay concrete products can be produced annually. And this exceeds the current production capacity of the plant by almost 5 times.

More than Br30 billion will be allocated for the development of boarding schools in the Vitebsk region in 2013, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Committee for Labor, Employment and Social Protection informed a BELTA correspondent.

From September 26 to October 6, the "Mir" cinema will host competitive screenings of the Manhattan Short Film Festival (New York, USA). Belarus has been participating in the world's largest short film parade for the fifth year.