The members of the collegium intend to discuss the issue of developing joint information and telecommunication technologies, communication organization, and information security. The discussion will focus on the unification of software and hardware solutions, information exchange and storage formats, as well as the creation of modern digital radio communication systems for the benefit of internal affairs bodies in border regions, and the exchange of new training and scientific developments in the field under consideration.

August 3, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. Forests in the Vitebsk region have begun to be closed to public access, a BELTA correspondent was informed at the Vitebsk Regional Production Forestry Association.

At the same time, according to Nadezhda Yermakova, the refinancing rate will not fall below this level before the end of the current year. "The refinancing rate is determined based on the inflation rate. Today's price growth rates do not yet allow us to count on a more significant reduction in the refinancing rate," she said.

At the "Bigosovo-1" customs clearance point, during the inspection of MAN and Mercedes vehicles, customs officers discovered a large batch of footwear not indicated in the accompanying documents. The vehicles were traveling from Latvia to Kazakhstan.

The new enterprise is a major domestic pharmaceutical production facility that meets international requirements in the manufacturing and quality control of medicinal products.

The Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office is launching the Year of Thrift with monitoring the use of state property, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor Gennady Dysko.

The Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee intends to use video communication with residents of the region to solve their pressing problems. This was announced to journalists today by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets, after a direct telephone line with the region's residents.

A new German line for preparing warp beams for weaving has been installed at the Vitebsk Silk Fabric Mill. It consists of three parts – a warping machine, a sizing machine, and an assembling machine.

Today, without new developments that allow for the improvement of the production process, cost savings, and competitiveness, it is difficult to make a name for oneself.

The holiday season is the busiest time for passport applications and renewals. In connection with the established one-stop-shop principle, to save citizens' time and effort, from July 1, the citizenship and migration departments of internal affairs bodies will begin to provide a new service for informing citizens via SMS messages to their mobile phones.

A subbotnik (volunteer community work day) has been announced in the regional center for October 26th, with the aim of tidying up the grounds before winter, improving designated areas, and working on socially significant urban construction sites.

With the support of the riot police of the PPSM regiment of the Internal Affairs Directorate in Vitebsk, an organized group involved in the sale of smoking mixtures containing psychotropic substances was identified and detained.

The total amount of overstatement of the cost of privatized housing in the Vitebsk region in 2013-2014, according to the results of prosecutorial inspections, amounted to more than Br1.2 billion. These figures were announced today at a joint meeting of the prosecutor's office and the Vitebsk Regional Committee of State Control on the topic of compliance with legislative requirements during the privatization of residential premises.

The Art Museum has opened an exhibition of sculptures by Sergey Bondarenko, showcasing famous and mythical horses in all their glory.

Due to increased passenger traffic on Radunitsa, April 21, additional flights will be operated on the following routes: