In the evening of July 10, law enforcement officers on the highway Russian Federation border - Vitebsk - Gomel - Ukraine border near the village of Khomyakovo detained a ZIL-130 truck driven by an individual entrepreneur from Mogilev, born in 1970. The man was transporting nine bulls with a total weight of 2.7 tons, valued at Br52.1 million, without accompanying documents.

The final of the republican industry sports competition of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Belarus will be held in the Vitebsk region from August 24 to 26. A total of 12 teams representing the staff of financial bodies of all regions and the city of Minsk, as well as the Ministry of Finance and its structural divisions, will participate in the competition.

Yes, on July 9, the feature film "Ryzhik in the Looking-Glass" produced by the National Film Studio "Belarusfilm" will be offered to viewers. The project will be presented by director Elena Turova. On the same day, the film program includes the documentary film "Bazaar Century", which will be presented by director Nadezhda Gorkunova (Belarus).

The joint Belarusian-Russian limited liability company "Belvest" has developed a draft business plan for the creation of a footwear holding, the general director of the enterprise, Yury Sumaneev, told a BELTA correspondent.

At the Finswimming World Championships held in Kazan (Russia), Dmitry Gavrilov, a student of the Novopolotsk sports school, took second place.

On the 25th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, a ceremony of laying flowers and wreaths at the "Pain" memorial took place in Vitebsk, along with a rally attended by regional and city authorities, internationalist soldiers, families of the deceased, representatives of public organizations, and youth.

The conference will continue the series of scientific and practical events held by the Faculty of Economics of the Technological University since 2001.

The agreement between the governments of Belarus and Latvia on the regime of the Belarusian-Latvian state border was signed in Vitebsk, BELTA correspondent reports.

A settlement agreement was reached in two-thirds of the civil cases considered in 2012 through the conciliation procedure by the Economic Court of the Vitebsk Region, Olga Kibisova, head of the judicial practice department, told a BELTA correspondent.

The Museum of Traditional Culture invites you to participate in the competition for the best decorative New Year's tree.

A new instruction on the compulsory evacuation of a vehicle, approved by Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 986 of October 17, 2014, has entered into force in Belarus.

In Vitebsk, as part of the city festival, a memorial plaque will be unveiled in honor of the People's Artist of the USSR, composer Mark Fradkin, whose 100th anniversary is being celebrated this year.