The Prosecutor General's Office insists on strengthening the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs units in combating drugs and working with minors. This was stated by the Prosecutor General of Belarus, Alexander Konyuk, in an interview with a BELTA correspondent.

The project aims to familiarize high school graduates with modern production and attract them to study in vocational and higher education institutions that train personnel for the footwear industry.

"The deputies' consent to unite the city and the district into a single administrative-territorial unit - the Orsha district with the administrative center in the city of Orsha - was given at the meetings of the Orsha City and Orsha District Councils of Deputies. Currently, the necessary documents on this matter have been prepared and sent for further work to the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee," said the specialists.

The Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee hosted a regular meeting of the Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia for Economic Policy. The meeting was preceded by a meeting of the union parliamentarians with the leadership of the Vitebsk region.

What wasn't here: bread and loaves, potato pancakes, cracklings with sausages, cucumbers and apples, woven carpets and wooden crafts, presentations of one's own farm, songs and dances, binding sheaves, and harnessing horses.

The winners of the district competition of films shot by schoolchildren on mobile phones "Mobilfilm-2014" will be announced in Polotsk on December 16, the press service of the Polotsk District Executive Committee reported.

On June 20, 2015, at 4:00 PM, the folk calendar holiday Kupalle will take place at the Ilya Repin Estate Museum "Zdravnevo".

The traditional culture festival "Braslav Zarnitsy-2013" will bring together participants from nine countries, the Braslav District Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

Two weeks remain until the start of the new academic year. Parents, returning from vacations, are rushing to purchase everything their children will need for school. However, many lack the time to go shopping. This is where school fairs come to the aid of adults. One such fair took place in the northern capital last Saturday. Enterprises from Vitebsk and the region, as well as well-known trading companies from other regions of Belarus, presented a wide selection of school supplies – from stationery, satchels, and backpacks to school and sports uniforms.

In 2013, within the framework of the Congress of Eastern European Initiatives, the results of the International Competition for the Best Cross-border Cooperation Project were summarized.

On the eve of the Nativity of Christ, a press conference was held by Archbishop Dmitry of Vitebsk and Orsha.

The sister-city ties between the Vitebsk region and the Chinese province of Heilongjiang are experiencing a renaissance, which must be used as effectively as possible to develop economic interaction. The creation of joint ventures and products, a new quality of investment cooperation, and the involvement of the northern region of Belarus in the implementation of global Chinese projects – now, it seems, it is in these directions that the business agenda for the development of cooperation between the European and Asian regions will be formed.

A competition has been announced in Polotsk for the development of a concept for the city's lighting and improvement. As reported by the Polotsk District Executive Committee, several urban areas are proposed for design: the historical center, the Zadvine district, the Airport district, and the entrances to Polotsk.