As emphasized at the ceremony by the Minister of Culture of Belarus, Pavel Latushko, anything we say about this person would be an understatement. "He is a legendary figure for the cultures of our peoples, a person who, with his art, his amazing talent, unites peoples, erasing borders between states and people, uniting all of us with his creativity," the minister noted. He expressed confidence that for our peoples, Lev Leshchenko will always be a significant figure in art and a beloved artist.

The Autumn Fair of Educational Institutions of the Vitebsk Region will open on September 2 on one of the city's central streets. A wide range of products will be presented to guests and participants of the festival by schools and vocational education institutions. Educational institutions of the Glubokoye district are preparing for this event with particular enthusiasm.

As part of the events dedicated to the Year of Hospitality in the city of Vitebsk, the following sports events will be held from February 18 to 26, 2014.

More than 20 bikers will deliver the "Canvas of Liberation" to Polotsk on July 3, reported Valentina Vlasenko, chief specialist of the department of ideological work, culture and youth affairs of the Polotsk District Executive Committee.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko notes positive dynamics in the socio-economic development of the Vitebsk region. The President stated this today during a working trip to the region, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.

"In the context of globalization, when the issue of competition for resources – raw materials, labor, intellectual – is acute, the task of the authorities is to improve the quality of life of people, regardless of the economic or political systems that a state positions itself with," the scientist is convinced. In this regard, Vladimir Menshikov positively assessed the activities of the Belarusian authorities aimed at protecting the interests of their own economy and improving the living conditions of citizens. "Unlike Latvia, Belarus has managed to preserve its banking system, is developing its higher education system, and is maintaining strategic sectors of the economy. As a result, there is an absence of depressive sentiments in society," the professor stated.

A mammology center has been established in Vitebsk: a specialized department for breast pathology is operating at the regional diagnostic center, reported the chief physician of the healthcare institution, Vladimir Orekhva.

The reconstruction of the international road checkpoint "Grigorovshchina" will be completed in the fourth quarter of the current year, Denis Glebko, assistant head of the Polotsk Border Detachment for Media Relations, told a BELTA correspondent.

In the Vitebsk region, the educational process has been suspended in two educational institutions due to a surge in acute respiratory infections, a BELTA correspondent was informed by the Vitebsk Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology, and Public Health.

The health resorts of the Vitebsk region have extended the third shift, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by Elena Andreykova, head of the representative office of the Vitebsk Regional Department of the Republican Center for Health Improvement and Sanatorium-Resort Treatment of the Population.

The hospital's chief physician, Alexander Pitkevich, immediately stated that children in the country and the region are genuinely cared for, and as confirmation, he cited the figure of 9 billion rubles allocated from the regional budget for the reconstruction of the operating block, which lasted three years.

The State Automobile Inspectorate of the Vitebsk region is the first in the republic to apply experimental markings on road sections equipped with speed cameras. This was reported by Vladimir Bonadysenko, acting head of the traffic police department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate.

On March 14, 2015, at approximately 1:00 PM, the Sharkovshchina District Emergency Situations Department received a report of a fire in an uninhabited house in the village of Zhuki Gornye, Sharkovshchina District.

A solemn reception dedicated to Press Day and the Day of Radio, Television and Communications Workers was held at the regional executive committee. The head of the region, Nikolai Sherstnev, congratulating journalists, printers, postal workers, telecommunications workers, and Soyuzpechat employees on their professional holidays, noted that they are all united by a common cause. "You participate in shaping people's social mood, creating the region's image on a national scale, and forming Belarus's image abroad," said Nikolai Nikolaevich.