In Polotsk, citizens' opinions are being studied regarding the opening of a private kindergarten, reports a BELTA correspondent.

The project "Safety for Life!" is being implemented in the Polotsk district. As reported by the Polotsk District Executive Committee, the final stage of the project will be the awarding of bicycle driver's licenses to young Polotsk residents on June 1st.

The growth rate compared to the same period last year is 108.5%. The incidence rate for the Vitebsk region for 9 months was 5.3 per 100,000 population (9 months of 2011 - 4.4) compared to the national rate of 9.1. A total of 736 cases of HIV infection have been registered in the region as of October 1, which is one of the lowest levels among all regions of the republic: 1991 cases were registered in Minsk, 6812 in the Gomel region, and Minsk

In the nighttime hours, short-term rains will occur in places, and during the daytime, over most of the country. Thunderstorms will rumble in some areas during the day. Fog is forecast in places at night and in the morning. Wind is north-westerly, 4-9 meters per second, with gusts up to 14 meters per second during thunderstorms.

About 50 outdoor ice rinks will be flooded this winter in Vitebsk, the Department of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

Today, residents of Glubokoye will begin to realize their dream – the first cherry orchard will be laid in the city, which claims the title of the cherry capital of Belarus, the Glubokoye District Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

The organizers of the competition – and in this capacity, along with the bank, the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus and the Belarusian Public Association "Rural Tourism" act – have good reason to hope that it will give a good impetus to journalistic creativity.

From January 29 to 31, 2014, the ski race championship of the border guard bodies of the Republic of Belarus was held for the fifth consecutive time on the land of Polotsk.

Six women from the Vitebsk region were awarded the Order of Motherhood, and 25 received awards named after Hero of the Soviet Union Tusnolobova-Marchenko during a formal reception at the regional executive committee.

Polotsk border guards detained a large batch of cigarettes while attempting to smuggle them into Latvia, Denis Glebko, assistant head of the Polotsk border detachment for media relations, told a BELTA correspondent.

Agreements on establishing twin-city relations between Vitebsk and the Slovak city of Kosice, as well as between Vitebsk District and Holice, are planned to be signed during the international Belarusian-Slovak business forum, which will be held on July 8-10 in the regional center, reported the Honorary Consul of the Slovak Republic in the Republic of Belarus, Alexey Sychev.

A court recently heard the case of a 26-year-old woman from Polotsk who lied to police officers, claiming her laptop had been stolen at the Vitebsk railway station. It turned out that the woman intended to profit from insurance this way.