August 29, Minsk /Tatsiana Pastushenko - BELTA/. Writers from seven countries will be guests of the Day of Belarusian Written Language in Glubokoye, Vitebsk region. This was announced to journalists today by the First Deputy Minister of Information, Lilia Ananich, reports BELTA correspondent.

Sowing work is being carried out by three farms in the Dokshitsy district and one agricultural enterprise in the Lepel district. A total of about 13 hectares have been sown. This year, a late spring is hindering large-scale spring field work, forcing farmers to mobilize resources to carry out the sowing campaign within a tight timeframe. Under these conditions, farms strive to use all opportunities to start sowing as early as possible, while strictly adhering to all technological work regulations. With favorable weather conditions, the region plans to begin large-scale sowing next week. According to specialists from the regional agricultural committee, farms are ready for the start of sowing work. As of April 5, about 6.7 million tons of organic fertilizers have been delivered to the fields (96% of the target), which is about 140% compared to the same period in 2010. Potassium fertilizers have been applied to an area of 72 thousand hectares, or 11% of the target.

Russian museum professionals will present the exhibition "Alexander Nevsky" from the collections of the Novgorod State Joint Museum-Reserve in Polotsk.

The festive New Year's procession will take place in the regional center on December 21. The participants of the mass theatrical performance will include 375 pairs of Ded Moroz and Snegurochka, musicians of the Ded Moroz brass band, the orchestra of the School of Arts No. 2, and the cultural and business center "Pervomaysky", as well as about 700 Christmas characters - Bears, Gypsies, and Goats.

"Undoubtedly, the Vitebsk forum has become one of those seeds from which Eurasian integration is growing. After all, it allowed our peoples to preserve historical community and a single cultural space," the head of state said.

Considerable funds have been allocated over the past few years for the modernization and reconstruction of healthcare facilities in the region. The most large-scale projects implemented last year were the Vitebsk City Central Children's Polyclinic and the Sharkovshchina Central District Hospital. In general, according to the results of 2012, over eighty medical facilities were commissioned in the Dvina region, 36 of which are in rural areas.