For additional social protection of low-income categories of citizens, "loyalty systems" have been introduced in six stores in the regional center. Trade markups on certain food products in these retail outlets have been reduced by 3%-5% for pensioners and disabled people, as well as for participants of the Great Patriotic War.

As a result of strong winds on October 6, about 1.2 thousand settlements in the region experienced a complete or partial power outage. The most affected areas were Braslavsky, Rossonsky, Miorsky, Shumilinsky, and Polotsky districts. In the latter, strong winds, with gusts reaching 28 meters per second, damaged about 300 square meters of the roof of St. Sophia Cathedral. In total, across the region, 124 farms, 161 power lines, and 2.2 thousand transformer substations were de-energized. About 600 trees fell on power lines and roads.

The Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee has allocated over Br1.3 billion for strengthening the material and technical base of the internal affairs department. With these funds, 11 vehicles will be purchased for duty units, which will increase the operational efficiency of police officers in responding to citizens' requests and arriving at the scenes of offenses or crimes.

The exhibition was located on the fence of the city Botanical Garden, its total length was almost 120 m. In total, it included 45 panels with reproductions of paintings by Ruslan Vashkevich, Sergey Koval, Vladislav Stalmakov, Viktor Alshevsky, and Vitebsk artist Alexander Dosuzhev. Another 10 are dedicated directly to the authors.

From May 1 to September 1, the interdepartmental special program "Care" is being held, aimed at organizing summer leisure for minors, and the "Lend a Hand to Children" campaign turned out to be a real godsend.

A decrease in the number of deaths of working-age people was recorded in 2012 in all districts of the Vitebsk region, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Healthcare Department informed a BELTA correspondent.

A school bus has started operating in Novopolotsk on the initiative of the city's children's parliament, Svetlana Drozdovskaya, head of the education department of the Novopolotsk City Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent.

Archbishop Dmitry of Vitebsk and Orsha has been appointed as the rector of the Church of the Martyr Irene (Holy Trinity) in Pokrovskoye (Moscow), where the representation of the Belarusian Exarchate is located.