According to Sergey Galynya, senior inspector of the Internal Affairs Directorate's Public Order and Prevention Department, during the operation, 70 units of weapons, 2400 rounds of ammunition, 250 explosive devices, and over 13 kilograms of explosives were removed from illegal circulation.

An agricultural enterprise in the Dokshitsy district stored mineral fertilizers in free access for wild animals, the press secretary of the State Inspectorate for the Protection of Fauna and Flora under the President of Belarus, Olga Gromovich, told BELTA.

The last bell in the schools of the Vitebsk region, marking the end of the 2012/2013 academic year, will ring on May 30, Ivan Shchurok, head of the education department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent.

Dear residents of the Vitebsk region! We are celebrating a great holiday - the Resurrection of Christ. Easter is a symbol of renewal, a life-giving source of humanism, and serves to unite people around the ideals of mercy and brotherly love. The Resurrection of Christ strengthens spirituality, faith in goodness and justice, and brings people peace and joy.

Dear residents of the Vitebsk region! I cordially congratulate Orthodox Christians on the bright holiday of Christmas! For two millennia, it has given people great hope and faith.

On December 13, 2014, a "direct line" with Vladimir Vladimirovich Terentyev, Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, will be held.

Vitebsk region has good piano schools. Moreover, March 21 marks the 330th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's birth. We would like to draw attention to this date and support talented children, - explained the project's initiator, Ksenia Pogorelaya, a soloist at the St. Sophia Cathedral Concert Hall.

According to the action plan for the development of campsites and caravanning, comfortable camps for motorhome tourists will appear on the territory of the tourist and recreational park "Dnieper" (Orsha district), in Opsa and Ukle (Braslav district), on the lakes Sosno (Vitebsk district), Shchaty (Polotsk district) and Vechelye (Ushachi district).

On September 5, the Vitebsk Regional Museum of Local Lore will hold its traditional regional festival-competition of artistic and decorative-applied arts for people with disabilities.

A press conference dedicated to the feast of the Resurrection of Christ was held at the residence of Archbishop Dmitry of Vitebsk and Orsha. The head of the diocese shared his impressions of his visit to the Holy Land: he had just returned from Jerusalem, where he celebrated Palm Sunday with a group of priests from Russia.

Due to an increase in passenger traffic, as well as to improve the quality of services, in agreement with the relevant railway administrations, passenger train No. 50/49 Brest–St. Petersburg will be introduced from June 20 to September 15. The train will run daily: from Brest – from June 20 of the current year to September 15, from St. Petersburg – from June 21 to September 16.

Every three years, the creative teams of the State Institution "Vitebsk Culture Center" are obliged to confirm their honorary titles, earned through diligent work and years of creative exploration. On March 16, 2013, the Jewish national vocal and choreographic ensemble "VITEBSK GIRLS" will defend the title of "People's" with a reporting concert "SHALOM ALEICHEM!", or "PEACE BE WITH YOU!".