According to the mutual opinion of the Ministers of Internal Affairs of Belarus and Russia, Igor Shunevich and Vladimir Kolokoltsev, the collegium held a constructive discussion of all issues on the agenda. Problematic issues that were an obstacle to mutually beneficial cooperation between law enforcement agencies were discussed.

The open cup of the Vitebsk regional committee of the NGO "BRSM" for intellectual games 2012-2013 has started. Who will make it to the "Premier League" of erudites?

The mobile reception will be held at the Shumilino District Executive Committee from 11 AM to 2 PM for residents of the urban settlement of Shumilino, and Shumilino, Gorodok, and Beshenkovichi districts. The reception will be conducted by Olga Yagello, Head of the Legal Support and Supervision Department of the State Labor Inspectorate of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection - State Labor Inspector, and Natalia Arnaut, Chief Specialist of the Pension Provision Organization Department of the Main Department of Pension Provision and Social Insurance of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection.

Latvian citizens use the simplified border crossing procedure more often than Belarusian citizens, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by Denis Glebko, Assistant Head of the Polotsk Border Detachment.

The Territorial Center for Social Services for the Population celebrated its housewarming in Novopolotsk. The solemn opening ceremony was attended by the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus Marianna Shchetkina, Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Vladimir Terentyev, Chairman of the Novopolotsk City Executive Committee Natalia Kochanova, Chairman of the Committee for Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Regional Executive Committee Alexander Khristoforov, Archbishop of Polotsk and Glubokoye Feodosiy, heads of enterprises and organizations of Novopolotsk, which are part of the center's board of trustees.

The XXIII International Chagall Readings will be held in Vitebsk on June 15-16, the Marc Chagall Museum informed a BELTA correspondent.

On January 13, Zheludeyv Alexander Vladimirovich rescued a boy from the Vitba River before the arrival of the Ministry of Emergency Situations units. The victim turned out to be a 5th-grade student from Secondary School No. 28.

More than 60 New Year trees, located on the central streets and major sites in the districts of Vitebsk, will light up with festive lights simultaneously on December 17.

The XXVII festival of author's song "Vitebsky Listopad-2013" was held in Vitebsk. The winner of the festival was the group "Minimum Distance" from Minsk.

Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee A.N. Kosinets sent a congratulatory telegram to the football team "Postavsky Furniture Center" of Postavy city.

On May 2, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko approved the appointment of several heads of local executive bodies. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.

On June 13, 2015, a "direct telephone line" will be held with the residents of the region by the First Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Grebnev Gennady Ivanovich. "Direct telephone lines" of the leadership of city and district executive committees of the region and administrations of districts of Vitebsk city on June 13, 2015

The relay race runs along the CIS border and is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of an event significant for our countries. The symbol of the relay race was received from the Polotsk border guards by employees of the border control department of the FSB for the Pskov region.

In the Vitebsk region, 42 military burial sites from the Great Patriotic War will be improved during the republican subbotnik, the district executive committee reported.