Either a chest adorned with crosses, or a head in the bushes. Victory or death, in other words. But few realize that this saying appeared during the First World War. And the crosses in question are the St. George's Crosses - one of the highest soldier's awards of the Russian Empire.

The blueberry king and queen will be chosen at the berry championship in the Polotsk district on July 19, the department of ideological work, culture and youth affairs of the Polotsk district executive committee reported.

Vitebsk audiences are well acquainted with the Moscow Operetta Theatre. For several years now, the Muscovites' operettas have been playing to a full house in our city. This time, the two-hour production of "The Great Waltz" will be presented to the Vitebsk audience.

On November 13–14, an international conference was held in the regional center under the auspices of the Eurasian Economic Commission. The Eurasian Economic Union will begin its work on January 1, 2015, so the efforts to form a single market within the member states – Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan – have entered their final stage.

A resident of the Chashniki district, who, under the threat of a knife, demanded a bag of 25 kilograms of dry milk intended for feeding calves from a livestock breeder, could face ten years of imprisonment.

In connection with the approaching holiday season, Belarusian Railways is taking measures to ensure passenger transportation to seaside resorts. From June 1, Belarusian Railways will extend the route of train No. 100/99 Minsk–Zaporizhzhia to Novoolexievka station, which will allow passengers to reach the resorts of the Sea of Azov.

More than 200 participants from Belarus and Russia will gather for the jeep festival with elements of a trophy raid "Zhara-2015". As reported by the organizers, the republican GPS orienteering competition will take place from July 24 to 26 in the Senno district (Vitebsk region).

The largest number of observers was registered by precinct commissions – 5,057 people, and district commissions – 106. In Vitebsk, district commissions registered 27 people, the city commission in Novopolotsk registered 5, and 6 observers received accreditation from the regional commission.

A business trip to Germany from February 15-20 will be dedicated to participation in the international construction exhibition Bautec 2010 in Berlin. Members of the Belarusian delegation will familiarize themselves with European technologies for construction, reconstruction, and modernization of buildings and structures, technological solutions in the field of improving efficiency in construction, as well as modern materials and equipment. Business meetings with representatives of the European construction industry will be organized within the exhibition's business program.