July 10, Minsk /Vladimir Matveev - BELTA/. The main thing at the Olympic Games is not participation, but victory. This was the instruction given to the Olympians on behalf of the Belarusian people by the President of Belarus, President of the National Olympic Committee Alexander Lukashenko at the solemn ceremony of seeing off Belarusian athletes to the XXX Summer Olympic Games in London, reports BELTA correspondent.

The implementation of a large-scale project to create a new cheese production facility has been underway at the Braslav branch of the plant since 2011. The project includes the construction of a new production building, an administrative building, a boiler room, a compressor shop, and wastewater treatment facilities. The overall readiness of all facilities is currently 40%.

Currently, numerous examples of debt repayment by individual entrepreneurs related to receiving SMS messages can already be cited, stated Olga Kibisova.

Vitebsk intellectuals have joined the free corporate project "Mozgoboina" and will hold their second meeting today, said the organizer and host of the project in Vitebsk, Rinat Karimov.

August 30 - September 01, 2013, the Vitebsk Diocese is organizing a pilgrimage to the holy sites of Kyiv, including a visit to the Holy Trinity Ionian Monastery and the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.

The region continues to experience intensive rejuvenation of its leadership, including within the executive branch. Specifically, 34-year-old Sergey Golynchik is moving from the position of Chairman of the Belitsky Village Executive Committee to the post of Deputy Chairman of the Senno District Executive Committee.

It is hard to believe that just five years ago this enterprise was considered unprofitable. Now, its sales profitability is 21 percent, and according to management, this is not the limit. In 10 months, the open joint-stock company produced products worth about 40 billion rubles, selling them both in the domestic market and in Turkmenistan, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Slovakia. Export deliveries of 300 thousand US dollars are a good support for the plant, which is interested in currency to pay for imported energy-saving equipment.

The public catering system in the Vitebsk region will be improved with the help of culinary heritage. Within the framework of the ENI "Lithuania-Latvia-Belarus" program, the project "Improvement of Culinary Services in the Latgale and Vitebsk Regions, Based on the Concept of Culinary Heritage" will be implemented in the Vitebsk region, Mikhail Orekhov, head of the physical culture, sports and tourism department of the Glubokoye District Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent.

From February 19 to March 11, 2014, the Vitebsk Regional Methodical Center of Folk Art will host the regional knitting exhibition-competition "Winter Laces".

The Queen of Student Spring loves to dance, appreciates a good joke, and cannot stand illiteracy. In the final of the "Queen Spring-2013" contest of grace and artistic skill, Vitebsk region will be represented by Nadezhda Shablyko (VSMU) and Inga Sharay (VSTU).

Teams from all four Catholic dioceses of the republic will participate in it. In addition, Metropolitan of Minsk-Mogilev Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz is also expected at the tournament.

Joint projects of the State Institution "Center of Culture 'VITEBSK'" and the Department of Culture of the Daugavpils City Council are a successful example of cultural cooperation between Belarus and Latvia, which not only involves the demonstration of creative achievements and the exchange of experience, but also organizes a real celebration for the residents of twin cities.

This proposal was made by Anton Volkov, Senior Assistant Prosecutor of the region for supervising the enforcement of legislation on minors and youth, during a "round table" on the prevention of drug addiction among youth in higher, secondary vocational, and professional educational institutions.

Looking at this friendly, charming woman, it's hard to imagine that she heads the Gorodok District Department of the Investigative Committee. The position of Irina Lvova (by the way, she is the only female head in this structure in the region) requires professional training, iron fortitude, and a strong will.