The decision is driven by low production discipline, closely linked to alcohol consumption in the workplace, and a proportionally high level of fatalities and severe injuries. The decision was also influenced by the fact that since the beginning of the year, 728 employees (including 2 managers and 31 officials) have been dismissed for being at work under the influence of alcohol, and six cases of severe industrial injuries, or 14% of their total number, occurred with employees under the influence of alcohol.

According to the observer, the high voter turnout indicates good organization of the elections. Amateur artists' performances create a positive atmosphere. 'Excellent organization of the elections, which are a celebration for the voters. I will definitely tell about such an experience in France,' he noted.

At the "Urbany" international checkpoint on the Belarusian-Latvian border, a citizen of Belarus presented a Volvo truck for customs clearance. The vehicle was en route from Latvia to the Russian Federation with power supplies, locks, push-button switches, capacitors, speakers, scissors, and other goods totaling approximately 104,000 units, packed in 1228 boxes. The total weight of the goods exceeded 13 tons. However, customs officers had grounds for conducting additional customs control operations: they received information about a possible violation of customs legislation.

Two Russian citizens have been detained in the Polotsk district for organizing illegal migration, as reported to BelTA by the head of the information and public relations department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Andrey Semenikhin.

Farms in the Vitebsk region have begun fodder harvesting, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Agriculture and Food Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

The "Mir" cinema in Vitebsk has launched a second hall for viewing films in 2D and 3D formats.

On April 5, 2014, a "direct line" with the Head of the Land Management Service of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Igor Ivanovich Levenkov, will take place.

Krashenki (dyed eggs), tvorozhnye paskhi (curd cheese Easter cakes), kulichi (Easter bread), muffins, sweet pies, meat and sausage products, smoked meats! After a long fast, it is customary to serve hearty dishes at the table on Bright Christ's Resurrection. All these delicacies and much more will be presented in a wide assortment at the pre-Easter fair.

Graduates of the Investigative and Forensic Faculty of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, after receiving their diplomas, were assigned to serve in the regional departments of the Investigative Committee in the Vitebsk region.

The competition will take place on January 15, 2015 at 2:00 PM in the district executive committee building at the address: Lepel, Leninskaya St., 6, office 220. Legal entities of all forms of ownership are invited to participate in the competition.

State Institution "CENTER OF CULTURE "VITEBSK", Exhibition Hall "DUKHOVSKOY KRUGLIK", CENTER OF NATIONAL CULTURES and Vitebsk Public Association "RUSSIAN HOUSE" present the exhibition "MONUMENTS OF RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE".