A direct telephone line with residents of the region will be held by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Council of Deputies, Atyasov Alexander Egorovich. Call tel. (8-0212) 20-42-60 from 9:00 to 12:00, as well as the leadership of the city and district executive committees of the region and administrations of the districts of Vitebsk city.

The exhibition of armor and weaponry of the 16th-17th centuries "Black Riders" from the collection of Sergey Nurmatov, opening at the Vitebsk Regional Museum of Local Lore, is of great interest to lovers of military history and the history of weapons. Visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the era of the most fearless and desperate warriors of the European armies of the 16th-17th centuries – the "black devils" – cuirassiers, pikemen, etc.

For attempted murder coupled with robbery, a cook from Vitebsk has been sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property. This was reported by Anna Tylets, prosecutor of the department for supervision of the legality of court decisions in criminal cases of the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office.

The Standing Committee of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats has approved the nomination of 16 Belarusian specially protected areas proposed for inclusion in the Emerald Network.