An elderly resident of the village of Zelenoye in the Tolochin district received burns of degrees 1-2 on 85% of her body on March 17 while burning dry grass.

Retail outlets in the Vitebsk region have already opened the season of active sales of school product assortments, and specialized fairs will be held in all cities and district centers on the eve of the start of the academic year, on August 15 and 22, the Department of Trade and Services of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee reported.

A memorial sign "Airborne Combat Vehicle" is being unveiled today in Tolochin, as reported by the Chairman of the Tolochin District Council of Deputies, Georgy Murashko, who is the main initiator of this event.

Pairs from Belarus, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine will take part. The anniversary "Vitebsk Snowflake" will become a kind of review of achievements in one of the most spectacular forms of art and sport.

The Vitebsk region will make a significant contribution to the implementation of the Chinese concept of the new Silk Road. This was stated by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Nikolai Sherstnev, during a meeting of the heads of the two regions at the Belarusian-Chinese Interregional Business Forum, which is taking place in Minsk.

According to the Chairman of the Braslav District Executive Committee, Petr Gishchelyuk, a development strategy for the Braslav District until 2015 as a national resort zone is currently being developed. For this purpose, it is necessary to create appropriate tourist infrastructure in the district. Therefore, local authorities actively support projects in the priority areas of regional development and call on investors to cooperate specifically in the direction of developing the region's infrastructure.