The gross grain harvest in the farms of the Vitebsk region amounted to almost 1.1 million tons. The best agricultural workers of the Vitebsk region, who made a significant contribution to the overall harvest, will go today to the republican festival-fair "Dazhynki-2013" in Zhlobin.

The New Year's charity event "Givers of Happiness are Twice as Happy", which involves newlyweds as well as low-income families with children, is taking place in Polotsk.

Sports facilities will soon appear in Belarus under the "Gazprom - for Children" program. This was announced by the Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprom OJSC, Alexey Miller, on the evening of May 14 in Vitebsk at a press conference dedicated to the "Fakel" corporate festival, according to a BELTA correspondent.

The arrival of warm, clear spring days simply compels you to go for a walk with family and friends. And nowhere does young spring blossom and reveal itself as it does in nature, in the company of fresh air and sunbeams.

Telegram sent by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee A.N. Kosinets to the President of the Republic of Belarus A.G. Lukashenko

The new integrated structure is designed to increase the accessibility and improve the quality of medical and diagnostic care provided to children, including through more effective use of modern high-tech medical equipment.

In Gorodok, the 'Rodina' cinema has reopened after reconstruction. The renovated institution has also received a new name – the 'Gorodok Cultural and Educational Center'.

For 4 months of the current year, the consolidated budget of the Vitebsk region was executed with a deficit of Br313 billion, which requires immediate measures to reduce expenditures. This was announced today at a scheduled meeting of the presidium of the regional council of deputies by its chairman Alexander Atyasov. Budget execution results for 4 months raise many questions. "Moreover, we allocated Br211 billion for guarantee servicing, and we still have a deficit. Districts and cities have already used Br187 billion of free balances and another Br177 billion from the regional budget.

On the evening of April 2, a fire broke out in a dacha house in the "Michurinets" horticultural cooperative in Vitebsk, located on 2nd Nectarnaya Street.

Favorable weather for harvesting grain has intensified field work in all districts of the region. According to operational information as of August 3, in the Vitebsk region, grain and leguminous crops have been harvested from an area of 49.9 thousand hectares (12.8 percent of the plan). 157.8 thousand tons of grain have been threshed. The average yield is 31.6 centners per hectare.