Stormy debates were held in Minsk on May 18 at the Ministry of Labor, where a meeting of the Council on the improvement of the labor legislation. Pro-government participants in the meeting refused to discuss the changes in pension legislation and the general deterioration of workers' rights in Belarus. A Połacak resident, deputy chairman of the Belarusian Free Trade Union (BFTU) Nikolai Sharah as a member of the said council told our correspondent about the meeting.
Human Rights Website "Vitebsk Spring" does not work in the evening on May 30. As we reported in the editorial of the website, the reason for the unavailability of the Internet resource for visitors is most likely not a technical glitch, but with the deliberate actions of unknown intruders.
In late April, Viciebsk human rights activists Pavel Levin Leonid Svetik visited the Norwegian capital city Oslo, on a working visit. The inviting party addressed the human rights organization "Norwegian Helsinki Committee." The purpose of the visit – to familiarize with the experience of government agencies and non-governmental organizations for reception, adaptation and integration of foreign nationals who have requested asylum in Norway.
Teachers and students of Semigallia School (Daugavpils region, Latvia) in July will attend Noŭka secondary school (Viciebsk region). Latvians decided to pay a visit to the Vitebsk region on the results of the VI International Scientific and Practical Conference in the framework of the appropriate instrument of long-term cooperation between the two educational institutions.
For the past two months at the initiative of the doctor-psychiatrist and outspoken criticism of the authorities Igor Postnov online change.org is collecting signatures for a petition to the Supreme Court of the country in favor of a pro-Russian policy of Viciebsk Sergey Ryzhov wing.
Sergey Pashkovich was injured in the 16 years in training in junior sports school in Hłybokaje and for many months was confined to bed. Becoming a person with disabilities, he eventually was able to escape from the orphanage, to graduate and find a job.
The Ministry of Finance released data on income of public companies of the Viciebsk region. Of the 7 companies in Lozna district for which the Ministry of Finance provided information, none received income for the full year 2015.
Office of the Investigative Committee of the Viciebsk region criminal case against the head of the department of educational establishment «Viciebsk State Order of Peoples' Friendship Medical University."