"Sometimes, information wars and a barrage of various information fall upon immature young souls. A scientific book that shares knowledge about the history of the people, thereby contributing to the formation of national self-awareness, can help to navigate this information flow," said Tatyana Belova. She noted that the landmark project of the publishing house "Encyclopedia of Rarities" is aimed at these goals.

About 5,000 guests from 27 countries will take part in the 20th Arts Forum. Almost 70 creative projects are announced in the program of the "Slavianski Bazaar". The XX International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk" will retain its traditional structure but will fill it with new content. The festival will offer meetings with art masters from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, adult and children's song contests, as well as film and theater programs that have been loved for many years. The jubilee "Slavianski Bazaar" will become a starting platform for the festival of arts of Belarusians of the world, which will open on July 9 in Vitebsk.

August 23, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. Farmers in the Vitebsk region have completed the delivery of wheat and rye under the state order, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

For January-September of the current year, enterprises of the Vitebsk region produced import-substituting goods worth $150.5 million, which is 66.1% of the annual target.

The Vitebsk Central Sports Complex, profitable on paper, turned out to be loss-making upon inspection. The actual financial condition of the physical education institution was revealed by employees of the Vitebsk Regional Committee of State Control, the department informed a BELTA correspondent.

All cities of regional subordination in the Vitebsk region reached a salary level of $500 in equivalent terms in 2012. This was announced today by the Chairman of the Committee for Labor, Employment and Social Protection of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Khristoforov, at the final board meeting of the department, BELTA correspondent reports.

The best educators of Belarus will take part in a methodological festival in Vitebsk, the Vitebsk Regional Institute for the Development of Education, on the basis of which it will be held, informed a BELTA correspondent.

Residents of Novopolotsk are collectively preparing children from low-income and troubled families for school. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Vladimir Belyayev, Chairman of the Board of the Novopolotsk City Organization of the Public Association "Belarusian Peace Foundation."

The starting point for the implementation of the new joint project of the BCRC and the Austrian Red Cross to empower the elderly in decision-making regarding their full participation in society will be a round table, which will take place on November 29 in Vitebsk.