The predicted loss of winter grain crops in the Vitebsk region will not exceed 10%, the RUP "Vitebsk Zonal Institute of Agriculture of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus" informed a BELTA correspondent.

Regional stages of the "Master of the Village" project will be held from August 16 to September 2, Tamara Onashchenko, head of the project activities department of the CC of the NGO "BRSM", told a BELTA correspondent.

The launch of new production at Vitebskdrev OJSC is scheduled for December 1. This was announced today by the Chairman of the State Control Committee of Belarus, Alexander Yakobson, at an on-site meeting in Vitebsk of the interdepartmental working group for monitoring the implementation of the woodworking industry modernization program.

As reported by the press service of the Polotsk Border Detachment, as part of the combat readiness check of the Armed Forces, territorial troops in the Miory district will be tasked with strengthening the state border protection.

The ark with the relics of Saint Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) will be in Polotsk from October 28 to November 4, the Polotsk Diocese of the Belarusian Orthodox Church reported.

The Vitebsk Regional Museum of Local Lore will open a long-term exhibition "Vitebsk: A Portrait Against the Backdrop of Time" on June 13. The exhibition will feature about 200 photographs capturing Vitebsk from the second half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century, as well as a collection of cameras. All exhibited items are from the museum's collection. This is invaluable material for the city's history and, at the same time, unique photographs in themselves.

In Polotsk, an artifact of the 12th century will be presented – the official seal of Euphrosyne of Polotsk.

On the morning of March 7, law enforcement agencies received a report from a pensioner, a resident of Vitebsk born in 1951, stating that a few minutes earlier he had opened the door to an unknown man who, threatening the applicant with a sawn-off shotgun, attempted to break into his apartment.

The memory of the war must live in the hearts of the descendants of the generation of victors. This was stated by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Nikolai Sherstnev, at the traditional meeting of partisans and underground fighters from Belarus, Russia, and Latvia at the Mound of Friendship, located at the junction of the borders of the three states.

By the start of the academic year, no new educational facilities are planned to be introduced in the region, but by New Year's, it is intended to commission a primary school in Novopolotsk.

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