Not only on comprehensive informing about current events, but on in-depth analysis of all aspects of life in the region and the country, and joint problem-solving with authorities, the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets, oriented the journalists of the Vitebsk region at a traditional meeting with the media.

"A large number of national and international observers monitoring the election campaign make vote falsification impossible," he stated. According to him, the number of observers at polling stations ranged from 4 to 12 people. At the same time, in conversations with observers from the CIS, none of them, including representatives of party structures, expressed any remarks.

Large fires are recorded annually at flax processing plants. In the second half of 2011 and the first half of the current year alone, 719 fire safety measures were mandated as a result of state fire supervision inspections. Among the main violations are the absence or malfunction of automatic fire suppression systems and automatic fire alarm systems, systems for alerting people to fire and managing evacuation, malfunction of external and internal fire water supply, and non-compliance of aspiration and dust removal systems with fire safety requirements. 16 reports on the unsatisfactory fire safety condition of flax processing plants were sent to district executive committees and 6 to prosecutor's offices.

On November 14, at 6:50 AM, the operational duty service of the Internal Affairs Directorate received information that an explosive device had been planted on the territory of the Vitebsk Cold Storage Plant. 93 people were evacuated from the enterprise. During the inspection, no explosive items were found. A mock explosive device was discovered, which was a paper bag with sugar, on the packaging of which a handwritten text "caution mine" was applied.

Prayers for unborn children will be held in Novopolotsk today, the Novopolotsk City Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

Temple of Health. Otherwise, perhaps, one cannot call the beautiful high-rise building being erected on Chkalov Street. And although beauty is a great force, including in terms of promoting recovery, the main thing, of course, is convenience, comfort for medical staff and patients, and modern equipment that this healthcare facility will be equipped with.

Two new museums will appear in Vitebsk in the coming years. This was announced today at the opening of the international educational, cultural and entertainment conference "Art-Limud Belarus" by Vladimir Terentyev, Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.

The dendropark of the State Forestry Institution 'Verkhnedvinskoye Forestry' is a truly unique place, where exotic shrubs and trees grow, framing ponds with bridges and gazebos. A small guest house with a museum exhibition dedicated to this corner of nature is also located here.

On January 11, 2014, a "direct line" with Oleg Sergeevich Matskevich, Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, will be held on issues of economy, trade and services, entrepreneurship, investment policy, labor and wages, and insurance activities.