Elections to the local Councils of Deputies of Belarus will be held no later than March 25, 2014. This was announced on the air of the program "Actual Microphone" of the First National Channel of Belarusian Radio by the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission of Belarus, Lidia Yermoshina.

From September 15–18, events dedicated to the celebration of the Library Day of Belarus will be held at the State Institution Vitebsk Regional Library named after V.I. Lenin

The exhibition of Belarusian artist and director of the Vitebsk Center for Contemporary Art, Andrey DUKHOVNIKOV, titled "Vitebsk Impressions" opened on January 6th in Berlin, at the cultural center of the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district.

A competition-presentation of Maslenitsa dolls will adorn the regional festival "Maslenichny Razgulyay" in Gorodok on February 21, the Vitebsk Regional Methodological Center for Folk Art reported. "All districts will bring their Maslenitsa effigies, each with its local distinctive features.

The relics arrived with the blessing of Archbishop Dmitry of Vitebsk and Orsha. They will be available for believers to venerate in the Church of the Martyr Tatiana until the end of May. Immediately after that, the relics will continue their journey through the Vitebsk region.

Congratulating the servicemen on this significant day, the commander of the Guards formation, Colonel Vladimir Bely, noted that the military collective has a rich history. Paratroopers covered themselves with unfading glory during the Great Patriotic War and while fulfilling their international duty in Afghanistan.

A fire broke out late in the evening of June 9 in one of the rooms on the second floor of the Vitebsk boarding house for the elderly and disabled, located on Frunze Avenue.

The Vitebsk Region Economic Court has opened bankruptcy proceedings against JSC "Kuptsov" (Glubokoye, Vitebsk Region) in its bankruptcy case and appointed a crisis manager for the enterprise, the court reported.