Over Friday and the weekend, 1315 traffic accidents with material damage occurred in Belarus, resulting in 19 fatalities and 89 injuries. The main causes of the accidents are predictable: loss of control, summer tires, and poor road visibility.

Participation in the competition is an opportunity to enhance one's own image or the image of an enterprise on a regional and republican scale, to advertise one's activities, and to improve the business reputation of managers and teams of business entities.

A ceremony awarding prizes of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee to talented young scientists and specialists was held in Vitebsk, a BELTA correspondent reports.

The prospects for the development of the art of this country and the plans for the day of Ukrainian artists will be announced at a press conference to be held at the International Press Center with the participation of Ukrainian art masters. Much of interest will also be heard during the "Star Hour" - a traditional press conference with celebrities for the festival.

Young mother of three children, experienced entrepreneur, and future gestalt coach Olga Kholodovich helps to take the first steps in business. It was she who proposed creating a startup school in Vitebsk, where anyone can come absolutely free of charge.

Unusually great attention is being paid by the city authorities to a little girl from Novopolotsk. Polina Mishuta is known in the city by almost everyone. This is not surprising, as a few years ago, through joint efforts, the residents of Novopolotsk gave the girl her life.

The Chairman of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, Viktor Nikolaikin, believes that the heads of the city's enterprises underestimate the work of their employees. The mayor made such a statement today at a session of the city council, where the results of the socio-economic development of the regional center in 2012 and the draft forecast indicators for 2013 were discussed.

On the Verkhnedvinsk-Sharkovshchina highway near Verkhnedvinsk, employees of the Miory and Verkhnedvinsk District Departments of Internal Affairs detained a Mercedes car driven by an unemployed resident of the urban settlement of Sharkovshchina, born in 1984, who was transporting 4.1 tons of beef without proper documentation. The value of the cargo is Br186.5 million.