The Committee of State Control notes inefficient work at all stages of waste collection in the Vitebsk region, the regional KGB told a BELTA correspondent.

On October 5, at 6:00 PM, a charity ball in the 19th-century style will be held at the cultural and historical complex "Golden Ring of Vitebsk "Dvina". All proceeds from ticket sales and received items (canned goods, food, bedding, etc.) will be transferred to the city shelter for homeless animals.

In the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, athletes who distinguished themselves in international competitions this year were honored in a solemn ceremony.

The Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee has approved the dates for the regional festival of rural workers "Dazhynki-2014" and the draft of its main events. They will take place on September 19-20 in Gorodok. The two-day festival will be remembered by its participants and guests with various events. Among them are exhibitions of agricultural products, artisans, and the opening ceremony of a sculptural composition.

The production of footwear at SOOO "Marko" and SOOO "Belvest" is planned to be increased to 12 million pairs per year. This issue was discussed today at a meeting in the government on the development of the light industry, which was chaired by Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich, BELTA correspondent reports.

The Belarusian "Lialka" Theater has staged Chekhov's "The Black Monk". The premiere of the play "Temptation", based on the motifs of the classic's famous novella, will take place today in Vitebsk, the theater reported.

On March 29, Saturday, a city spring fair will be held on the site near the Vitebsk Concert Hall from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Industrial enterprises, farms, fish farms of the republic, and trade organizations of the city will take part in it.

Competitions of the republican Spartakiad of children's and youth sports schools in cross-country skiing have started on the basis of the new roller ski track in the Vorobyovy Gory tract in Gorodok, reported Viktor Bobkov, director of the Gorodok Children's and Youth Sports School.

For more than a week, employees of UP "Vitebskvodokanal" have been "working their magic" on the fountains in Victory Square in the regional center.

From May 29 to 31, the third stage of the Russian Rally-Raid Championship and the first stage of the Belarusian Championship – "Baja Belarus-2015" – took place in the Polotsk region, with over 50 crews from Belarus, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland participating. The competitions united two historical dates: the 70th anniversary of the Soviet people's victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 1153rd anniversary of the oldest city in our country.

As of August 1st of the current year, 192 organizations had wage arrears (the total amount of arrears was Br126 billion), while as of the beginning of July, there were 219 enterprises in the region on the list of debtors.