The liquidation of the Gorodok underground burial of unsuitable pesticides will begin in 2013, the chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Ruslan Vinokurov, told reporters, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.

Belarus has approved a Plan of Measures for the organization of a network of startup schools in the regions and for holding competitions of innovative business projects. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Economy.

The collections of the Vitebsk Regional Museum of Local Lore have been replenished with more than 2,000 items this year. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Olga Davidovskaya, the chief curator of the cultural institution.

For the fourth time, the Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic will host the concert and educational project "Christmas Music Academy," which will provide young and talented musicians with the opportunity to receive qualified lessons and consultations from renowned musicians and educators, and to become acquainted with masterpieces of world musical classics and contemporary music performed by guests and participants of the academy.

On November 2nd at 6:30 PM, the youth trio of the D.D. Shostakovich St. Petersburg Philharmonic, laureates of international competitions, will perform at the Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic Hall: Olesya MOROZOVA – piano, Yan TOMILOV – violin, Roman KISELEV – cello.

On this day, major retail businesses in the city will offer discounts of 15% or more on non-food items.

This will be a presentation of Belarusian puppet theaters and an introduction to the troupe from St. Petersburg. Five performances will take place on the stage of the "Lyalka" theater, and one performance will be held at the "Vitebsk" concert hall, Alexander Sidorenko said.

At a joint meeting of the collegiums of the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office and the State Control Committee, the reasons for legislative violations during the privatization of residential premises were considered.

In the region, the subprogram "Children of Vitebsk Region" of the Regional Program for Innovative and Investment Development for 2011-2015 has been developed and is being implemented.

Residents of the Vitebsk region are invited to measure their blood pressure as part of the republican medical and educational campaign "Together for a Healthy Heart".

Vitebsk once again joins in honoring the name of the great pianist Maria Veniaminovna Yudina (1899 – 1970), a native of Nevel (which, incidentally, was part of the Vitebsk Governorate at the time). This means that for the fourth season in a row, the musical world of the 19th – early 20th centuries will come alive in the concert. This time, the tributes will also be timed to coincide with the 45th anniversary of the pianist's death.