August 13, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. Contenders for the title "Lord of the Village" in the Vitebsk region will catch fish with their bare hands and gather potatoes against the clock, the Vitebsk Regional Committee of the BRSM informed a BELTA correspondent.

The zoo purchased a pair of Bennett's wallabies from the Kaliningrad Zoo with its own funds. This species of herbivorous small kangaroos inhabits Australian savannas, found in both plains and mountains. Their distinctive feature is very short forelimbs and a long, strong tail. They move by hopping, sometimes jumping up to ten meters.

Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Vladimir Terentyev, in a solemn ceremony today, presented the leadership of the regional internal affairs department with a certificate for 11 cars, which will be at the disposal of the traffic police, the duty unit of the Internal Affairs Directorate, the riot police, the Gorodok, Tolochin, Ushachi, Miory, Shumilino, Glubokoe, Postavy district internal affairs departments, and the Novopolotsk city internal affairs department. He emphasized that at the beginning of 2013, another 10 cars will be purchased for the region's law enforcement officers. Thus, the fleet of the Internal Affairs Directorate will be almost completely updated.

In the Vitebsk region, the number of fires has increased due to frost, as reported to a BELTA correspondent by Marina Fando, press secretary of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

From July 10 to 16, three temporary tourist information centers have been organized in Vitebsk. At the tourist information centers, anyone can get all the necessary information on how to spend their free time in the regional center with pleasure and benefit.

The state enterprise "Belaeronavigation", with the support of the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport, will continue the reconstruction of the Vitebsk airport and work on expanding its potential at the expense of the parent organization.

The initiation of a criminal case regarding the mass death of deer in the Dokshitsy district has been denied, the Dokshitsy District Department of Internal Affairs informed a BELTA correspondent.