The year of thrift will contribute to the growth of people's quality of life. This point of view was expressed in a conversation with a BELTA correspondent by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets.

The sowing campaign is nearing completion in the Vitebsk region. The main work was completed within the optimal timeframe – as planned, by the beginning of the second ten-day period of May. Despite a late start in the fields, the agrarians of the Dvina region managed to complete the sowing of early spring crops in a record short time, finishing the sowing practically simultaneously with other regions, while undertaking the largest volume of work in terms of area.

As reported by the Housing Policy Department of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, one of the independent grounds remains the norm of provision of total living space of less than 15 sq. m per person.

The tram monument in Vitebsk has split in two: today it consists of two cars – exact replicas of models from the century before last,

The main stage of the XXII International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will surprise spectators with a fundamentally new design, BELTA reports, citing the official website of the forum.

Representatives of Vitebsk Regional Consumer Union took prize-winning places in the republican competition "Best in Profession" among sellers of food and non-food products of consumer cooperative stores.

Last night, during the implementation of information by employees of military unit 1250 of the State Border Committee, together with Polotsk border guards, employees of the Vitebsk customs, and employees of the Novopolotsk Department for Combating Economic Crimes, near the railway track

The opening of the spring-summer season in Mazurino Park is scheduled for April 18, but the complex of cultural and recreational activities named after the Soviet Army is already ready to receive city residents.

This great dodecahedron feast is celebrated on December 4th. The Presentation of the Most Holy Theotokos in the Temple is one of the great church holidays, dedicated to the event of the Most Holy Theotokos being brought to the Jerusalem Temple by her parents for dedication to God.

Employment services in the Vitebsk region note an increase in the flow of citizens wishing to register in the queue for employment against the backdrop of the declared fight against parasitism in society.

Over the week, Vitebsk customs officers prevented the illegal export of cigarettes to the European Union three times. The total value of the contraband amounted to about 5 billion rubles, the department's press service reported.

The speaker emphasized that after visiting the grain field in one of the northernmost regions of the country, where the soil is not ideal for agricultural production, he was sincerely pleased with the farmers' success.