During work not planned by the technological process, an explosion occurred near a residential building under construction in Polotsk, resulting in the death of a welder born in 1990 and serious injuries to a fitter born in 1964. Fragments of ammunition were found at the scene, and their origin will be determined after an examination, emphasized Inna Gorbacheva.

Uspenskaya and Zamkovaya squares have appeared in Vitebsk, the Vitebsk City Council of Deputies informed a BELTA correspondent.

Vitebsk residents are helping utility workers clear the aftermath of the snowfall, Denis Glutkin, head of the ideological work department of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent.

The 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League will take place at the central stadium in Vitebsk on July 19, featuring Naftan Novopolotsk and Crvena Zvezda. According to preliminary data, 500 to 3,000 fans of the Serbian club are expected to arrive in Vitebsk. These will include not only Serbian fans but also fans of Spartak Moscow. Fans of these clubs, as well as Olympiacos from Greece, are part of the largest football fan association in Europe, known for its aggressive behavior, including towards police officers.

For the first time in the entire history of the "Slavianski Bazaar" in Vitebsk, the "On Seven Winds" street art festival will be held.

A preventive campaign dedicated to the World Civil Defence Day starts today in the Vitebsk region, the Vitebsk regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations informed a BELTA correspondent.

From September 20 to 26, 2013, under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, the joint strategic exercise of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation "Zapad-2013" is being held.

The budget of the Vitebsk region for 2014 was formed with a surplus of revenues over expenditures in the amount of Br158.3 billion. This was announced at the session of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies by the head of the financial department of the regional executive committee, Boris Kichanovsky, while presenting the region's budget for 2014.

An illegal shipment of fruits worth almost 500 million rubles has been detained in the Polotsk district, according to the press center of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of Belarus for the Vitebsk region.

This time, among the new residents is an adult eagle-owl. The bird was saved from certain death by concerned citizens who brought it to the zoo.

The 100th anniversary of the church in Vidzy, Braslav district (Vitebsk region) will be celebrated with a relay race, a secular holiday, and a solemn service, reported the pastor of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Father Alfred.

The first copies of the restored historical book monument of our country were presented as a gift to libraries, museums, and educational institutions of the Vitebsk region by Alexander Susha, Deputy Director for Scientific Work and Publishing Activities of the National Library of Belarus.

In the Vitebsk region, over the past 5 years, 62 families of veterans of the Great Patriotic War have improved their housing conditions. This was announced by Vladimir Terentyev, Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, at a meeting of the regional executive committee on the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.