From Vitebsk to Hong Kong, smugglers attempted to send over four kilograms of raw amber.

On April 26, from 9 AM to 3 PM, one of the brightest spring fairs will take place near the Palace of Sports in Vitebsk (23 Stroiteley Avenue) – an exhibition and sale of products from educational institutions of the region.

The investment forum brought together representatives of 40 companies from Russia, Poland, Latvia, as well as diplomatic missions in Vitebsk. 140 projects from various economic entities of the Vitebsk region were presented to investors. A significant part of them is related to the creation of production facilities for processing local raw materials - wood, dolomite, clay, peat, as well as to the development of roadside services and tourist infrastructure.

As reported by Nadezhda Beresneva, Head of the Department of Trade and Services of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, a city autumn fair will be organized in Vitebsk next Saturday.

In Rossony, Vitebsk region, wastewater treatment facilities are being commissioned today under the State Program for Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal "Clean Water" for 2011-2015, reported Aleksey Khvalko, General Director of UP "Vitebskoblvodokanal".

Public discussion of the urban planning project "Scheme of complex territorial organization of the Vitebsk region" will be held from February 24 to March 20, 2015.

The investment potential of the northern region of Belarus will be presented during the Vitebsk Region Days at the World Expo 2015 in Milan, the committee for economy of the regional executive committee reported.

From April 1, 2015, to September 30, 2015 (inclusive), Belarusbank is holding a promotion for early loan repayment under bank-defined terms, in Belarusian rubles and foreign currency, for real estate financing and consumer needs.

On August 22, 2015, the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies, Atyasov Alexander Egorovich, will hold a direct telephone line with the residents of the region. Call tel. (8-0212) 20-42-60 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.