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...

Ten years ago, the Zinchenko family moved from Minsk to live in the village of Domzheritsy, Lepel district, never regretting the sharp turn they made. Now a large family has its own formula for happiness: "Unity with nature helps to stand on your feet more firmly." Evgenia, one of the owners of three houses lost on the "Mythological Path" a few dozen meters from the Central Street in the village, is convinced of this. "As if housing was built here especially for people like us,...

The reconstruction of the building of the former House of Officers in Polotsk is planned to be completed by mid-June. This was announced to journalists by the director of the general contractor Alexander Balobaev, Passes BelTA. According to him, the entire range of work is being carried out at the facility, this is a full-fledged restoration. The building is an architectural monument, so during the reconstruction, much is agreed with the Ministry of Culture both in terms of...

Today, near the village of Nereisha, Sennen region, excavations began at the site of the crash of the Soviet Pe-2 bomber in early July 1941. According to the chairman of the military-historical patriotic club “Vitebsk Frontier” Nikolai Shpyrkovich, in this area, presumably from July 7 to July 9, two planes were killed during the Lepel counterattack. They were returning from a combat mission and were shot down by Messerschmitts. In both crews, the...