An incident occurred in Vitebsk near the bridge on Lyudnikova Street. The driver of a MAZ truck got behind the wheel while heavily intoxicated. He managed to start moving and drove about 10 meters, but a tree blocked his way. However, the driver did not notice that the cabin had hit the obstacle and continued to accelerate even more. This continued for several minutes. Eventually, the truck's tire rubber caught fire due to strong friction with the asphalt. However, the driver did not notice this either.

August 9, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. About 70% of the members of precinct election commissions formed in the Vitebsk region for the upcoming elections are women. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Leonid Dorofeenko, Deputy Head of the Organizational and Personnel Work Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee.

Own mineral water will appear in 2013 at the Lepel Children's Rehabilitation and Health Center (DRC) "Zhemchuzhina", the director of the health resort, Vera Zakrevskaya, told a BELTA correspondent.

In Vitebsk, the laureates of the first regional literary prize named after Petrus Brovka were honored, reports BELTA correspondent.

An official of one of Orsha's processing industry enterprises is suspected of large-scale production volume falsification, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Department's Information and Public Relations Department informed BELTA.

The traditional fair-exhibition "Vitebsk Vernissage" at the "Slavianski Bazaar" will bring together artists and designers from all regions of Belarus, as well as from Russia and Germany. The street vernissage will open on July 9 at 10:00 AM.