The cities of Orsha and Polotsk will be merged with their districts. The corresponding decree No. 27 "On the merger of districts and cities of regional subordination of the Republic of Belarus having a common administrative center" was signed by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on January 14, BELTA was informed by the press service of the head of state.

Public discussion on the environmental impact of the construction of the "Northwestern Bypass of Vitebsk" highway has begun in Vitebsk, the Republican Unitary Enterprise of Automobile Roads "Vitebskavtodor" informed a BELTA correspondent.

The organizers were the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, the public association 'Association of Employers and Entrepreneurs', and the Vitebsk city portal 'GorodVitebsk.by'. Out of 27 participants, 13 successfully finished. Video clips have been made about each project. Over 4 months, 8 master classes were held for novice businessmen.

The event will be attended by both renowned Belarusian historians and archaeologists, as well as postgraduate students, students, and local historians from Minsk, Vitebsk, and Polotsk. The conference will feature about 50 reports on the latest results of archaeological excavations and scientific research.

It will take place on Saturday, August 22, in the urban settlement of Orekhovsk, Orsha district. Such a harvest and good mood festival is launching in the region for the first time.

The Glubokoe District Executive Committee will hold an open auction on January 20, 2015, for the right to harvest and (or) purchase Roman snails (Helix pomatia) in the territory of the Glubokoe District of the Vitebsk Region.

The awarding of the winners took place within the framework of the collegium of the Main Department of Ideological Work, Culture and Youth Affairs, where the results of the past year were summarized.

The regional Honor Board in Vitebsk has been updated. The ceremony of inscribing enterprises and organizations on the Vitebsk Region Honor Board for labor achievements in 2013 took place in the city today.

Among the recipients of 10 special prizes of the President of the Republic of Belarus for figures in culture and art were three representatives from our region.

Last Saturday, celebrations were held in the village of Mosar, Glubokoye district, to mark the 500th anniversary of the settlement. To congratulate the villagers, deputies of the regional Council of Deputies Yuri Moskalev and Olga Ginko, the chairman of the district executive committee Oleg Morkhat, and the Bishop of the Vitebsk Diocese Oleg Butkevich arrived.

In the near future, it will be possible to book Belarusian border crossing times online. The draft decree on the introduction of an electronic queue system at road border crossing points has been submitted for consideration to the Presidential Administration.

The commissioning of the second rental building at 15 Bogatyreva Street is scheduled for November this year, as reported by the "Vitebsk City Capital Construction Department".