A report of an accident on the 73rd kilometer of the highway was received by the Ministry of Emergency Situations on August 16. Upon arrival at the scene, it was established that the driver of a GAZ 53 vehicle from Zhlobin lost control, resulting in the vehicle overturning.

Among the awardees are representatives from all regions of the province, working in various professions. They include foster parents of family-type children's homes, adoptive parents, teachers, workers of the Orsha Flax Mill, OJSC "Lantan", Verkhnedvinsk Butter and Cheese Factory, "Krasnaya Zvezda" Paper Mill, housewives, employees of cultural and healthcare institutions, and other fields. Responsible, disciplined, and hardworking at their jobs, these women are an excellent example at home as well, where as mothers, they equally successfully demonstrate all their best qualities in raising children.

Reducing the number of village councils in the Vitebsk region is not expedient. This was stated today during a meeting with the chairmen of settlement and village councils of deputies at the Academy of Management under the President of Belarus by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies, member of the Council for Interaction of Local Self-Government Bodies under the Council of the Republic Alexander Atyasov, BELTA correspondent reports.

In Belarus, child benefits will increase from August of the current year, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by Marina Artemenko, Deputy Head of the Department of Population, Gender and Family Policy of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection.

Snowmobiles have recently begun to be used for the protection of the Belarusian-Latvian border.

The first two trams equipped with a video surveillance system have begun transporting passengers on routes in Vitebsk, reported Petr Kashkar, head of the tram depot of the unitary communal transport enterprise "Vitebsk Tram and Trolleybus Administration."

On February 16 at 11:00 AM, the Musical and Educational Program for Children 'Music Box' will take place in the Philharmonic Hall.

Such competitions among security forces were organized for the first time in Belarus and took place on an asphalt court near one of the shops in the Bilevo microdistrict. Teams from the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Regional Executive Committee, the State Automobile Inspectorate, the KGB, the Prosecutor's Office, the Security Department, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the 103rd Guards Separate Mobile Brigade, and military unit 97020 took part in the competition.

As part of this annual campaign, law enforcement agencies urge the public to comply with the rules for storing registered firearms, and also warn about the responsibility for the illegal storage and carrying of firearms, ammunition, and explosives.

On October 18, 2014, a "direct line" with the Head of the Main Department of Ideological Work, Culture and Youth Affairs of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Ivanovich Klitsunov, will take place.

A large batch of non-standard equipment was delivered to the construction site of the Belarusian NPP by Beshenkovichi LLC "Viprotekh". Having successfully passed the incoming quality control of products and received permission to supply equipment of the 4th class of responsibility within the system of the Russian corporation "Rosatom".