Exercises on the liquidation of transboundary emergencies related to accidents at main oil and gas pipelines will be held in three stages at three training grounds in the Smolensk and Vitebsk regions, with sequential practice of notification, bringing to readiness the management bodies, forces and means of the warning and liquidation systems of emergencies of Russia and Belarus, assessment of the situation in the emergency zone, decision-making on its liquidation, management of forces and means of warning and liquidation systems of emergencies, interaction during rescue operations of management bodies of warning and liquidation systems of emergencies of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

According to him, in January-October of this year, 3 industrial accidents occurred at enterprises and organizations of the Vitebsk regional consumer union system, including 1 fatal and 2 serious injuries, while in the same period of 2011, only one case of serious injury was registered in the region.

"What is dishonest about Belarusian elections?" asked the head of state, addressing a Polish journalist. "Tell your Polish observers and everyone who conducts elections in your country to learn from Belarus how to conduct elections honestly, with principle, and with dignity, in the interests of the people. Here is my advice."

Law enforcement officers received such a wonderful New Year's gift from the builders who completed the reconstruction on time. It took the contractor (UTSChP "StroySfera") just over seven months to fully restore the late 19th – early 20th century building, which is an architectural monument located in the very heart of Vitebsk – on the Western Dvina embankment on Kalinin Street.

A program of joint events for the development of cooperation is being prepared by the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee and the prefecture of the Northern Administrative District (SAD) of Moscow, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Economy Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.