In the early morning of May, Oleg Honyavko and his wife Nina found a calf on the outskirts of the village of Pozharts of the Postavsky district. The animal got soaked in the night rain and could no longer walk. After looking around and making sure that the mother of the foundling was not nearby, people turned to the Postavsky district Inspectorate of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. Ecologists together with the veterinarian went to the place. A visual examination...

On May 19, 2023, after a serious long illness, our colleague, the former head of the Polotsk City Department of Internal Affairs, retired police colonel Genrikh Ivanovich Aniskovich, prematurely passed away. A year is a short period of time to calm down and realize that our workmate is no longer around. The acuteness and sense of loss of a remarkable person does not leave us today. The entire working life of Genrikh Ivanovich was associated with the protection of law and order, with...

In the near future, new conditions for the appointment and early use of family capital will come into force in Belarus. In our country, new conditions are being introduced for the assignment and early use of family capital. The innovations are enshrined in the Decree of the Head of State No 69 of February 23, 2024. It is possible to use the family capital for housing ahead of schedule only if there  are not enough "squares". If the goal is to spend family capital on a...

The prosecutor's office of the Vitebsk region together with colleagues of the Ministry of Emergency Situations take part in the republican campaign "Do not leave children alone!", timed to coincide with the International Children's Day. The purpose of the event is to draw public attention to the problems of children's pranks with fire, to prevent fires and the death of children in them, to reduce the number of emergencies involving minors and to ensure their general safety at...

In the Vitebsk region, more than 300 thousand rubles have been allocated from the budget for the current year to combat invasive plants - Sosnovsky's hogweed and Canadian goldenrod. A headache for business executives and environmentalists is caused by the seizure of new areas by hogweed. Despite the measures taken (the use of herbicides, plowing, mowing), the contaminated land has grown by four hectares and amounts to more than 600 hectares. Half of the contaminated land is for...