The policy of supporting the small business sector is bearing fruit. Thus, in the first three months of 2013, 906 active business entities were registered in the region compared to the same period last year. Through their activities, they support entrepreneurship as a driving force of the market economy.

Unfortunately, a significant number of citizens continue to be registered as deceased due to alcohol surrogate poisoning in the Vitebsk region at the present time.

A Vitebsk DIY enthusiast was burned in a garage, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by Marina Fando, the press secretary of the Vitebsk Regional Emergency Situations Department.

The new VIPO-32 aerial platform is distinguished by its maximum lifting height of 32 meters. No one else in Belarus produces similar equipment. It has primarily attracted the interest of representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, as it can become a valuable assistant in firefighting.

It is symbolic that the meeting of the head of the region with veterans took place in the restaurant "Victoria". At one time, it was Alexander Kosinets who suggested naming this establishment, which is adjacent to Victory Square, as such. Former front-line soldiers, partisans, underground fighters, home front workers, and prisoners of Nazi concentration camps were brought to "Victoria" by car and met with honors.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of Belarus Yang Jung Mo took over the diplomatic mission in our country four months ago. And the first regional center that Yang Jung Mo visited after Minsk was Vitebsk.

Orthodox relics have been brought to Vitebsk: an icon of Nicholas the Wonderworker with a particle of his relics and a reliquary with the relics of the saints of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. This is the first trip of the relics from the Holy Trinity Boldino Monastery, one of the oldest in Russia.

The new competition format has enhanced the international status of the event and provided performers with broader opportunities to showcase their vocal and acting talents

Two trees fell on cars in Vitebsk during a thunderstorm on the evening of June 14.

This idea was borrowed from the German city of Friedrichshafen. The development of the guide will be carried out by specialists from the Territorial Center for Social Services (TCSO) in collaboration with representatives of the Republican Association of Wheelchair Users, as well as local authorities.