On the second competition day, young singers performed a song by a Slavic author in a Slavic language, accompanied by the National Concert Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus under the direction of Mikhail Finberg. Despite the fact that singing with an orchestra is always more challenging than with a musical backing track, as it was on the first competition day, the performers coped with the task.

Representatives of the student detachment movement, youth law enforcement units, the "Kind Heart" volunteer movement, activists of the NGO "BRSM", the ROO "Belaya Rus", and creative youth (laureates and winners of competitions, festivals, athletes, representatives of youth subcultures, and prominent public figures) will take part in the events of the "Make Your Choice" project.

On February 12, 2013, at a coordination meeting on combating crime and corruption, the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Kosinets, demanded that the instances of mismanagement identified during the monitoring of the region's enterprises be eliminated within 48 hours.

The Vitebsk City Executive Committee notes the high activity of national investors in the regional center. This was announced at a city council session, where the results of the socio-economic development of the regional center in 2012 and the draft forecast indicators for 2013 were discussed.

In just nine months of the current year, the committee conducted 377 planned and 108 unscheduled inspections of business entities. 77 business entities belonging to the high-risk group, 141 to the medium-risk group, and 159 to the low-risk group were inspected. Based on the results of the inspections, more than 4,000 measures were prescribed for implementation by business entities.

The presentation of the book of military memoirs by the Great Patriotic War participant, Hero of the Soviet Union, Honorary Citizen of Vitebsk Leonid Filipenko, "Confession to Grandchildren," took place today in Vitebsk.

The enterprise previously produced glass powder, but it was only suitable for manufacturing containers. Today, "Dolomit" faces new challenges. With the launch of the project at OJSC "Gomelsteklo" for the production of high-quality polished sheet glass, the need for corresponding raw materials arose.

Mexican Rodrigo de la Cadena won the Grand Prix of the XXIII International Pop Song Performers Competition "Vitebsk-2014". The name of the winner of the highest award of the vocal competition was announced during the award ceremony at the regional philharmonic hall.

Twinning ties foster sustainable cooperation in the field of self-government between district centers of the Vitebsk region and cities of Latvia. This opinion was expressed by the head of the Consulate of the Republic of Latvia in Vitebsk, Dagnija Lace-Ate.

An extensive range of work is to be carried out today on the improvement of the region's settlements, parks and squares, memorial complexes, and places of military glory. Most will be working at their workplaces.

About Br50 billion has been spent on the construction of new apartments for residents of 8 emergency houses on Mira and Chapayeva streets in Vitebsk, Vladimir Belous, chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Construction and Architecture Committee, told reporters.