Young teachers have already been enrolled and assigned to workplaces in both urban and rural schools. In total, about 14.5 thousand teachers will be teaching in the Vitebsk region during the 2012/2013 academic year. 92% of them have higher education, 78% have the highest and 1st qualification categories, and 911 young teachers with secondary vocational education are obtaining higher education through correspondence courses.

As of October 8, 52.1 thousand hectares of this crop have been harvested in the region, or 54.9% of the area, with a daily increase of 2%. The highest pace is maintained by Braslavsky (88% of the area harvested), Gorodoksky (87.9%), Dokshitsky (81.8%), Polotsky (89.6%), and Rossonsky (89.3%) districts.

Vitebsk Invest Weekend once again invites authors of business projects and ideas, experts and investors, as well as potential partners on December 7-8, 2012, at the Educational Institution "Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov". Partner No. 1 - OJSC "Bank BelVEB" not only helps the planned event to take place but also will delight the best contestants with gifts, and the most profitable offers with attractive loans.

The flood situation in Verkhnedvinsk should stabilize by May 1, the Vitebsk regional meteorological center told a BELTA correspondent.

The new head, Pyotr Korobach, was introduced at the session of the district council of deputies by the chairman of the regional executive committee, Nikolai Sherstnev.

As part of the international project "Life in Motion", the grand opening of the second stage of the roller ski track took place at the Novopolotsk Olympic Reserve School. 69 floodlights have been installed along the 2.5 km track. Modern lighting will allow for the effective use of the sports facility after dark.

Belarus hosted the Youth Financial Literacy Week, aimed at informing the next generation about how money is earned, spent, and saved, what income opportunities exist, and how a sensible approach to money contributes to security and well-being.

The new structural unit will be engaged in wholesale and retail trade of linen fabrics and finished textile products of the Orsha Linen Mill.

The problem of the spread of Sosnowsky's hogweed in the Vitebsk region requires an urgent solution. This opinion was expressed today by the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Galina Volchuga, at a meeting of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee during the discussion of the issue of restoring order on agricultural facilities and compliance with environmental legislation requirements.

With the blessing of Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, the III All-Belarusian Procession of the Cross 'Church and Army' is taking place across the country, visiting memorial sites and military burial grounds. Dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory, it started in Brest. Its purpose is to pay Christian tribute to the fallen soldiers who defended the Fatherland from the German-fascist invaders.

The V.I. Lenin Vitebsk Regional Library will host a preview exhibition of new acquisitions from the lending department titled 'Welcome to the World of New Releases'.

The leaders of the regional review-competition "Best Large Family of Vitebsk Region" were recognized as Tatiana and Alexander Nikanchuk from Novopolotsk, who are raising three children (pictured). A total of 9 families competed for this honorable title. Even at the first task – the exhibition-presentation "Our Golden Hands" – the winners' stand stood out favorably from the others.

During the day of March 3, as a result of joint actions by Belarusian and Latvian border guards on the Belarusian-Latvian border, 5 state border violators were detained.