The healthcare institution "Vitebsk Regional Clinical Center of Psychiatry and Narcology" has opened a first episode psychosis unit.

2013 was declared the Year of Ecological Culture and Environmental Protection in the CIS by the decision of the Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Cherry Festival Program in Glubokoye   July 21 (Sunday)   9:00 AM - 1:30 PM         Cherry Fair - Collective Farm Market  (Fizkulturnaya Street)

The implementation of the requirements of Decree No. 18 at the local level and the effectiveness of government bodies as coordinators of this work were the main topics of discussion at the meeting of the commission for juvenile affairs of the regional executive committee and the coordination council.

The "Vipo-16-01" aerial platform model was designed by the Vitebsk lifting and transport equipment plant of the "Vitstroytekhmash" enterprise specifically for installation on the chassis of the new Russian "Silant" vehicle, which has enhanced off-road capabilities in swampy areas and rugged terrain. The prototype for this machine was the GAZ-66 medium-duty truck. The outrigger spread of the new aerial platform is 2.5x2.5 m, which allows it to be used in confined urban environments. Until recently, aerial platforms of this type were not produced in either Belarus or Russia.

Young people will have to work on harvesting potatoes, beets, carrots, cabbage, and flax. They will work in all districts of the region, but the largest "youth contingent" will be sent to the fields of Vitebsk, Polotsk, Orsha, Gorodok, Dokshytsy, and Postavy districts.

Alena Lanskaya, a finalist of the Eurovision-2013 contest, will take part in the grand opening of the XXII International Arts Festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk". This was announced today at a press conference by the First Deputy Minister of Culture of Belarus, Vladimir Karachevsky, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.