In the current year, the area of potato fields in the region is planned to be increased by 2 times to 10 thousand hectares. As of April 25, potatoes have been planted on an area of over 110 hectares, which is 1% of the plan. Farms specializing in potatoes in Lepel, Orsha, and Glubokoye districts have started sowing this crop. Vegetable crops have been sown on almost 320 hectares, or 18% of the plan, including garden peas, which already occupy over 200 hectares. Sowing of beets (31 hectares sown), carrots (49 hectares), cabbage (15 hectares), and onions (10 hectares) has also begun. In the region, grain and leguminous crops have been sown on an area of almost 138 thousand hectares, which is about 54% of the target. The measures taken to intensify agricultural work have allowed farms to reach an optimal sowing pace, with about 20 thousand hectares sown daily. Sowing of spring grain crops and rapeseed in Vitebsk region is planned to be completed by May 1, which will allow the freed-up resources to be directed to sowing fodder crops and increasing the pace of work on potato fields.

On election day, September 23, international observers of the OSCE ODIHR mission, Claire Julian (Ireland, Dublin) and Olga Melnikova (Russian Federation, Moscow), visited the Sennensky electoral district No. 30 and left the following entry in the observers' accreditation log: "The process of organizing elections and counting the voting results is organized at the highest level."

July 30, Vitebsk /Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. The construction of roads, housing, and leisure facilities for citizens should become a top priority for the Vitebsk authorities. This was stated today at a working meeting on the development of Vitebsk by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets, reports BELTA correspondent.