Taking into account the optimization and reorganization of the school network carried out in the Vitebsk region, 426 preschool educational institutions, 546 general education institutions (including 228 school-kindergartens), 34 vocational education institutions, 26 secondary specialized education institutions, 32 special education institutions, 36 additional education institutions for children and youth, and 25 socio-pedagogical institutions will operate in the new academic year.

"Junior" (Minsk) – "Vitebsk" – 2:3 (0:1, 1:2, 1:0). Goals: 0:1 – V. Zankovets (Yadroets, Yu. Bulgakov, 1.16), 1:1 – Kardashev (Bogatin, Pichukha, 24.17), 1:2 – P.V. Tolstik Jr. (P. Stepanov, A. Korotkevich, 25.40, power play), 1:3 – Golubev (A. Korotkevich, 33.36), 2:3 – Kobus (48.18). Shots: 26-40 (10-15, 18-15, 8-10).

Half of the decade's precipitation norm fell in Vitebsk in 24 hours, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by Lyudmila Borodenok, a leading engineer-meteorologist at the Vitebsk Regional Center for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring.

In particular, the ministers discussed prospects in the fields of education, museum and library affairs, and the possibilities of exchange tours between the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre and the Ivan Franko National Theatre.

According to specialists' forecasts, the spring flood in 2013 promises to be one of the most abundant in the last half-century. It began much later than usual, in the first days of April. This spring, serious floods are likely in the Viliya, Berezina, Sozh, and especially Pripyat river basins.

For the anniversary festival, the fraternal republic will present "Ukrainian Souvenir" – the name of the gala concert of Ukrainian artists, which will take place on the main festival stage – in the Summer Amphitheater. The concert will showcase the diversity of national pop music through representatives of different generations. The emphasis is on the continuity of traditions – from children's creativity to the performing skills of those who today embody an entire musical era. Young Ukrainian pop music will be presented by winners of many creative competitions and TV projects: Oleksiy Matias, Yevhen Anishko, Nadiya Maistrenko, Anna Azarova.

The niece of an elderly relative from the village of Sorzhitsa reported his two-day absence to the Department of Internal Affairs. The search for the missing person was complicated by his general physical condition: the elderly deaf-mute man was also visually impaired.

Citizens wishing to acquire a four-legged friend had the opportunity to visit the regional Palace of Children and Youth, where shelter pets were presented to them.

The marathon of regional exhibitions of participants of the republican youth project "100 Ideas for Belarus" continues in the Vitebsk region. The names of those who will reach the final of the competition this year will be announced very soon. Among the contenders for victory is a postgraduate student of the Department of Zoology at the Veterinary Academy.

In Belarus, the procedure for individual entrepreneurs to apply for state financial support is being simplified. This is provided for by Decree No. 355 "On Amending and Supplementing Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of May 21, 2009 No. 255", issued by the Head of State Alexander Lukashenko