The best young family will be chosen today in Vitebsk, Lyudmila Klimenchenko, head of the youth affairs department of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent.

Dear compatriots! I sincerely congratulate you on the Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus. Traditionally, on July 3rd, we pay tribute to the valor and heroism of front-line soldiers and home front workers, partisans and underground fighters who brought freedom to the Belarusian people. We honor the unparalleled feat of the Soviet soldier, and mourn the millions who perished for the sake of the Great Victory. Eternal glory to them!

"Soprano 10" is a new project by Mikhail Turetsky, the leader and creator of the "Turetsky Choir." He explained the reasons for the emergence of the female musical ensemble to journalists today during the "Star Hour": "The Turetsky Choir" can perform any music, even female arias," the artist explained. "But there are compositions that sound inappropriate when performed by men, for example, "Chamomiles Hid." There is a colossal repertoire that we cannot cover, and that's why the new ensemble was created."

In early July, employees of the department received information about the planned smuggling of drugs through Vitebsk for their subsequent sale in EU countries. As a result of operational search activities, they managed to identify the recipient of the cargo and discover the place of drug transfer. At the moment of the transaction, two 23-year-old residents of Vitebsk were detained, from whom 300 g of hashish were seized. Another approximately 800 g of drugs were found at the detainees' residences.

A repeat audition will be organized to determine the representative of Belarus at the international pop song performers' competition "Vitebsk", which will take place during the XXII International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk", a BELTA correspondent reports.

The Republican exhibition-fair "Small Business in Festival Vitebsk", a traditional event during the "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" festival, will open its doors for the fourteenth time to residents and guests of festival Vitebsk.

As the interlocutor explained, the conciliation procedure is the settlement of a dispute between parties in a commercial court with the participation of a conciliator appointed by the court, to assist them in independently resolving the dispute, establishing the factual circumstances of the conflict, clarifying, comparing and reconciling their points of view on ways to resolve the dispute, finding a compromise that suits both parties, and reaching a conciliation agreement. Such a dialogue, with the assistance of a professional conciliator, allows for the achievement of a mutually beneficial agreement, saving money and time, and preserving reliable partnership relations.

Law enforcement officers in the uniform of past years can be met today in Vitebsk, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Department informed a BELTA correspondent.

Based on the results of nine months of work, the growth rate of agricultural production volumes in the public sector in the Vitebsk region amounted to 101.1% compared to last year's level, while for the country as a whole, this indicator reached 107.2%.

The creative cooperation between the two museum-reserves began last year and is actively developing. In the current exhibition season, an exhibition of 19th-century Russian portraits and drawings by the renowned landscape painter Ivan Shishkin is planned at the Art Gallery in Polotsk.

On November 28, a "hotline" with the residents of the region will be held by the Minister of Information of the Republic of Belarus, Oleg Vitoldovich Proleskovsky.

On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree awarding state decorations to the chairmen of regional organizations of the public association "Belarusian Union of War Veterans in Afghanistan".

A charity football match in support of the pupils of the Andreevsky orphanage (Orsha district) between the teams of media representatives of the Vitebsk region and the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Regional Executive Committee took place today on the field of the Vitebsk Cadet School.