It is possible to take a free boat ride on the Western Dvina River in Beshenkovichi. However, for local residents, this is more of a routine than an entertainment. The absence of a permanent bridge complicates movement to the opposite bank.

In Gorodok, near the agricultural college, a 30-year-old villager was detained who intended to deal with his former cohabitant. He now faces 10 years of imprisonment.

If there is paradise on earth, it is in the Verkhnedvinsk district, at the junction of the borders of three countries: Belarus, Latvia, and Russia. And everyone who has ever immersed themselves in the atmosphere of the unity of peoples on the forest clearing near the Mound of Friendship is convinced of this simple truth.

Today, the staff of the Ushachi District Court are celebrating their housewarming. They are moving into a new two-story building erected on Sovetskaya Street. Previously, the district court was located in an old residential building on Bazarnaya Street. There were only three rooms. The archive was housed in a shed. And the courtroom, incidentally, with a stove heating, occupied a room in an adjacent building.

The XIII International Orthodox Youth Festival "Odigitria" will bring together more than 200 participants from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine in the village of Berniki near Vitebsk.

A unique exhibition from the collection of the Museum of Ancient Belarusian Culture has opened at the Vitebsk Art Museum. As explained by Boris Lazuko, director of the cultural institution established at the National Academy of Sciences, such an exhibition is being held in our regional center for the first time.