August 9, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. Farms in the Vitebsk region have harvested half of the grain areas, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

The organizers of the "Zarozhdenie" center were the Polotsk Diocese and the secular authorities of Polotsk, Novopolotsk, and Polotsk District, whose main goal was to popularize family values and overcome the demographic crisis.

Employees of internal affairs bodies detained an unemployed resident of the regional center, born in 1974, who was distributing the non-smoking tobacco product nasvay among the city's youth. The sale of the goods was carried out at her home. In just one hour of observation, police officers recorded five buyers from the lawbreaker. During the inspection of the apartment, about 25 kg of nasvay with a total value of over Br10 million was discovered.

The best large family of the region will be chosen today in Vitebsk, the BELTA correspondent was informed by the department of ideological work of the regional executive committee.

The opening of the art project "Zabor" - an exhibition of reproductions of paintings by contemporary Belarusian artists - will take place in Vitebsk on March 29. The exhibition will be held on the fence of the Botanical Garden, the press secretary of the Ministry of Culture Yulia Viskub told BELTA.

"MOTO REZERVATION" is one of the most beautiful places in Belarus, located 57 km from Vitebsk in the Senno district on the shore of a picturesque lake. MOTO PARTY is held annually on the territory of "MOTO REZERVATION". All events of "MOTO REZERVATION" are aimed at popularizing the motorcycle movement and developing patriotism among the youth of Belarus, as well as developing rock music.

The Epiphany frosts were not frightening for the passionate Vitebsk ballroom dance fans: on January 18-19, a competition unfolded on the stage of the Vitebsk Concert Hall among participants of the XXVIII International Ballroom Dancing Tournament "Vitebsk Snowflake – 2014".

More than 15,000 young people worked in student detachments in the Vitebsk region this year. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the regional committee of the public association "Belarusian Republican Youth Union".

Whatever heights we may reach, the path to them began in school. Education is the foundation for successful professional activity. The teaching profession is important and noble; teachers and educators today are entrusted with a responsible mission: not only to impart deep knowledge to children, but also to raise them in the spirit of citizenship and patriotism, to teach them to live by the interests of society, to think creatively, and to make independent decisions.

The peculiarity of this conscription campaign is that for the first time, citizens will be sent for service in the reserve. According to Colonel Oleg Poznyak, head of the military conscription department of the regional military commissariat, over 100 people fall into this category during this conscription.

Four districts of the Vitebsk region received 200 thousand euros to improve the environmental situation, the "Interaktsiya" foundation reported.

Veterans of the Great Patriotic War know the value of life best of all, and it is their duty to pass this knowledge on to the youth. This opinion was expressed by war veteran Alexey Ivanov before the ceremony of awarding jubilee medals at the Vitebsk City Executive Committee.

The "Right to Serve the People" campaign, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory, will be held on April 28 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. This was reported by the main department of justice of the regional executive committee.