In Sharkovshchina, preparations have begun for the Apple Savior holiday. This year, a real surprise awaits festival guests: everyone will be able to visit the home of Ivan Sikora and see how the famous Belarusian amateur breeder lived and worked, reports "Narodnaya Gazeta".

About 17,000 residents of the Vitebsk region will take part in the events of the World Snow Day on January 17-18, said Vladimir Kuharev, director of the regional educational and methodological center for physical education of the population.

"The new format for holding the meeting is aimed, first and foremost, at increasing the effectiveness of this event," emphasized the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets. According to him, it will save resources spent on officials traveling to the regional center, save officials' time, and also reduce their travel burden.

Today in Vitebsk, the winners of the fifth competition "Best Agro-Ecotourism Estate of the Year 2013 of the Vitebsk Region" were awarded. Approximately 30 applications from agro-ecotourism entities in the region were submitted for the anniversary competition. There were particularly many contenders for the new nomination "Best Start". According to the jury's decision, the winners in this nomination were Tatyana Bekerova's agro-ecotourism estate "Dedova Spadchyna" in the Lepel district and Dmitry Gritsyuk's "Malinki - Outfitters" in the Vitebsk district (the only peasant farm that participated in the competition).

This was taken care of by TEZ TOUR Company LLC. According to Dmitry Ryzhik, the director of the authorized agency in Vitebsk, the flight program will start on June 6. Bookings for the Vitebsk—Antalya—Vitebsk flight are available starting today.

The exhibition "Treasures of the Vitebsk Land" opens today at the Regional Museum of Local Lore in the town hall building, the institution reported.

The best team will be awarded the symbolic "Festival Bird" perpetual grand prize. In addition, festival prize-winners, as well as the best participants in over 20 creative nominations, will be recognized with diplomas and valuable prizes.

Orsha Open Joint Stock Company "Legmash Plant" plans to create a modern foundry production, which will allow to increase the enterprise's annual capacity in this area of activity by 15 times.