This year is significant for Belarusian history with the 1150th anniversary of Polotsk, so the museum plans to organize an exhibition "Polotsk in the Book Culture of Belarus" in the capital of the Day of Writing. It will showcase the rich book heritage of the oldest Belarusian city, from handwritten books, folios by Francysk Skaryna and Symeon of Polotsk, to modern editions of the "Heritage of Polotsk Land" series and books dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of Polotsk.

By order of the city executive committee, a headquarters for eliminating the consequences of the natural disaster has been created. The territory adjacent to the cultural monument has been cleared of debris from the torn-off roof. Polotsk builders, employees of the housing and communal services, and workers of the National Museum-Reserve, which includes St. Sophia Cathedral, were involved in the work. The damaged areas of the roof have already been covered with film to protect the interior decoration of the temple and its unique organ.

Orsha and the Latvian Marupe are establishing economic cooperation, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by Oleg Smirnovsky, Deputy Chairman of the Orsha City Executive Committee.

The "Kartonka" Puppet Theater invites everyone on February 1st at 5:00 PM to the exhibition hall of VTsSI (5 Beloborodova St.) for the play "If I Had a Dragon" (based on the fairy tales of Donald Bisset) for children and adults.

The Vitebsk branch of the International University "MITSO" will establish a branch of the Law Department at the base of OAO "Vitebsk Business Center", reported the head of the department, Tatyana Ivanova.

There are folk signs: 'when the blueberries ripen, then the rye is ripe' or 'start the harvest when summer has passed its hot peak'. This is exactly the time now. The field calls the breadwinners. This year, the traditional district 'Zazhynki' (harvest start) was celebrated at the 'Garany-agro' branch of OJSC 'Polotsk Grain Processing Plant'. They launched the 2013 harvest campaign in the Polotsk district.

According to the protocol of instructions from the chairman of the regional executive committee, Alexander Kosinets, by March 1 of the current year, 80 milking parlors must be commissioned in the Vitebsk region's agricultural sector. Currently, construction work on these facilities is proceeding slowly. Contractors are awaiting funding.

The Republican GPS-orientation competition "Vitebsk Debri-2013" will bring together motorists from four countries, the event organizers told a BELTA correspondent.

Program of the festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk 2014"

A press tour for representatives of Russian regional media to the Vitebsk region on the topic "Current issues of cooperation between Belarus and Russia" will take place on October 14-15

An authentic painting by Marc Chagall may appear in a museum in Vitebsk. The issue of donating an authentic painting by the world-renowned artist to the Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk was raised today by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets, during a meeting with the Ambassador of Israel to Belarus, Yosef Shagal.

A private enterprise in the Tolochin district earned almost Br6 billion from illegal fruit trading, the information and public relations department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee reported.

A free coding event is taking place in the Polotsk district, the local district executive committee reported.