Belarusian Railway has implemented another complex of electronic automatic block and electric interlocking devices using microprocessor technologies on the Vitebsk-Polotsk section. This was reported to BelTA by the press service of Belarusian Railway.

The festival of amateur creative groups and performers of Gazprom OJSC "Fakel" will become a regular event in Vitebsk. This was stated to journalists by the Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprom OJSC, Alexey Miller, on May 19, during a visit to the Ilya Repin museum-estate "Zdravnevo" near Vitebsk, in response to a question from a BELTA correspondent.

Students of the Vitebsk State Vocational and Technical College were able to embody the heraldic symbols of the Pridvinye region in a fashion collection. The idea of creating such unusual and very patriotic outfits belongs to the director of the educational institution, Irina Kiseleva, and it was implemented by a creative team of teachers and students.

In Vitebsk, as in some other cities of the country, birds were observed and counted on October 5. The educational event was held as part of the annual European Autumn Birdwatch (EuroBirdwatch-2013), which is coordinated in Belarus by the public organization "Association for the Conservation of Birds of Belarus" (ACBB).

Time flies relentlessly: it seems like only yesterday we were making plans, and now it's time to sum up the results. Another year is behind us, filled with both good and not-so-good news.

The event was attended by representatives of all interested entities ensuring the reliable protection of the borders, as well as the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Konyuk and the Chairman of the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus Leonid Maltsev.

The Polotsk region may become a permanent venue for rally raids. This opinion was expressed by Andrey Biryukov, one of the organizers of the joint stage of the Belarusian and Russian rally raid championships, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders.

Every person who rents out an apartment or room must pay a tax. Moreover, the tax rates in Vitebsk depend on the location of the rented property. Now, for landlords in the regional center, the payment will range from 190 to 210 thousand per month for each rented room.

The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into a fatal road accident in Vitebsk, said Inna Gorbacheva, official representative of the Investigative Committee Department for the Vitebsk Region.

In major cities of the Vitebsk region, it is planned to compile lists of streets where motorcyclist traffic will be prohibited at night, reported Vladimir Bonadyisenko, head of the traffic police department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate.

An integrated expert and media event was held in Moscow, dedicated to the final of the competition for the best history lesson "The Great Patriotic War: Lessons of the War and the History of a Common Victory", organized by the Standing Committee of the Union State and the International Information Agency "Rossiya Segodnya". 10 finalist teachers, whose methodological developments were selected by a professional jury from the total number of submitted works (by the way, there were 202 of them in total: 120 from Russia and 82 from Belarus), as well as experts in military science and education, representatives of authorities and media of the two countries were invited to participate.

Braslav will celebrate its 950th anniversary on June 6-7. This program lists all creative venues where the main festive events will take place.