This measure is provided for by the regional program for the development and support of personal subsidiary plots for 2011-2015, which was approved by the deputies of the Vitebsk Regional Council at an extraordinary session. Local executive committees, within their competence and in accordance with the legislation, may, depending on local conditions and specifics, grant citizens, upon their applications, additional land plots of up to 3 hectares for lease for conducting personal subsidiary plots. Owners of personal subsidiary plots, based on agreements with agricultural organizations, will be given the opportunity to move part of their land plots within crop rotation fields to change crop predecessors and combat pests and plant diseases. Rural executive committees may, upon citizens' applications, organize collective potato cultivation on the lands of rural settlements. This will allow for wider use of mechanization and intensive crop cultivation technologies.

The Deputy Minister noted that this is a rather complex task. He also added: "Next year, we plan for the level of population reimbursement for the costs of housing and communal services provided to reach 35%."

"The sealing of ballot boxes and the commencement of the voting procedure itself comply with the Electoral Code of Belarus. Along with international observers, domestic observers are present at the polling station. The precinct commission has done everything to ensure that citizens have the opportunity for free expression of will," stated the observer.

"The question is not about creating a youth parliament. That is easy to do. The main thing is that this form is filled with concrete actions. You cannot deceive young people with empty talk; it can only discourage proactive young people from doing anything. But the idea of creating a youth parliament itself is good," believes Alexander Atyasov.

About a hundred exhibits will be presented at the exhibition "Land of Forests and Lakes", dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Vitebsk region, at the Museum of Belarusian Book Printing - a branch of the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve, the head of the branch Elena Shumovich told a BELTA correspondent.

Union parliamentarians advocate for reducing the approval period for union programs to six months. This was announced to journalists today by Viktor Kosourov, Chairman of the Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia for Economic Policy, and First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Federation Council for Science, Education, Culture, and Information Policy, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.