On August 4, 2013, at 11:00 AM, the traditional cultural and sports festival dedicated to Railway Worker's Day will take place in the Railway Workers' Culture and Recreation Park (Nekrasova Street).

In just seven months, almost 4.5 thousand students have been employed in the region in this area, which is 128% of the annual target. Under the "Youth Practice" program, 161 unemployed individuals were employed in student jobs created by employers on a contractual basis with the labor, employment, and social protection departments of city and district executive committees during the past period. "This is an effective direction in the work of the state employment service, which allows young people who have undergone training but lack work experience to acquire professional practical skills and abilities, and in the future to obtain permanent employment," specialists emphasized.

There are two job vacancies for every unemployed person in the regional center, with 80-85% of them being for blue-collar professions. The top three most in-demand occupations are seamstresses, sales assistants, and construction workers of all specialties. Among specialist vacancies, engineers, doctors, and foremen hold an undisputed leadership.

The efficiency of financial resource utilization should become the most important principle of activity for all economic entities. This point of view was expressed in a conversation with a BELTA correspondent by Lyudmila Dobrynina, Chairperson of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Budget and Finance, commenting on the declaration of 2013 as the Year of Thrift in Belarus.

We remind you that three years ago, the large swimming pool "Molodost", which houses the Children and Youth Sports School No. 8 for swimming, was significantly transformed after modernization. At this sports school, 26 highly qualified coaches are training young boys and girls from Vitebsk to become future professionals who can later join the sports reserve of the region and the republic as a whole.