The project "Let's Read "New Land" Together" was implemented in April-August on the initiative of the district culture department on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the birth of Yakub Kolas and Yanka Kupala. Favorite excerpts from this seminal work were read on camera by representatives of local authorities, enterprises and organizations, teachers, and representatives of working professions – about 40 people in total. Then, specialists from the organizational and methodological center edited the collected recordings into a 45-minute film, which also used illustrations for the poem by various artists.

According to Vladimir Belous, for 2013, the region is planned to set a target for the construction and commissioning of 600 thousand square meters of total housing area. In this case, preferential loan funds are to be allocated only for the construction of 240 thousand square meters of residential buildings, including 140 houses with a total area of 10.8 thousand square meters in agricultural organizations. Funding is being allocated for the construction of apartments for the resettlement of citizens from dilapidated and emergency housing, as well as social, rental, and housing for large families. It is planned to build about 350 thousand square meters at the expense of citizens' own funds and organizations without attracting loans.

At a railway station in the Verkhnedvinsk district, during a set of joint operational-search activities, servicemen of the Polotsk Border Detachment, together with employees of internal affairs bodies, discovered 78 boxes of Belarusian-made "Premier" brand cigarettes in a freight train en route to the Republic of Latvia, specifically in three open-top wagons filled with coal. A citizen of Belarus and a citizen of Lithuania were detained in these open-top wagons during the loading of the cigarettes. Approximately 50 meters from the railway track, a car was found, near which two more boxes of cigarettes were discovered.

“A dance show that celebrates the beauty and perfection of the female body, tells about the musical traditions of the world, and opens new horizons for everyone whose soul craves beauty,” says the artistic director of the Moscow Music Hall about the production “FEERICHE REVYU”

Latvia will supply Belarus with vaccines against classical swine fever in 2013. This is stipulated by Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 660 of July 26 of the current year, which was officially published today on the National Legal Internet Portal, BelTA reports.

Following the results of 2012, the region expects to attract direct foreign investment in the amount of about $85 million, of which $40 million are net direct foreign investments.

More than 5,000 households have been inspected by the Ministry of Emergency Situations in the Vitebsk region since mid-January, the Vitebsk Regional Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations told BELTA.