Gross average wage of Vitebsk region in the last month of spring was 5,393,079 and for the month increased to 208,095 rubles.

At the extraordinary presidential elections held on May 25 in Ukraine, came to more than 3 thousand international observers. Among them were Belarusians. Beyond that, how the will of the Ukrainian people, watched a few dozen activists from Belarus. One of them was a human rights activist from Vitebsk Leonid Svetsik, who spoke to "Dialogue" about his impressions of his stay in Ukraine.

In Łučaj in Pastavy area prayed for Belarus. There was a festival on the occasion of the commemoration of the Belarusian martyr Andrew Bobola. "He committed suicide in terrible pain - priest Marat Kozlovski says - but not abandoned his idea of the unity of Christians." For his beliefs he was killed in Yanovo Polesskoe, now the city of Ivanovo, Brest region.

Gross average wage of Vitebsk region in the first spring month amounted to 5,035,622 per month and increased by 312,282 rubles. Previous two months salary workers area decreased in January - to 419,549 rubles in February - to 25,572 rubles. The March increase could not compensate for the decline of wages at the beginning of the year - December level of 5,168,461 ruble has not yet been reached.

Ministry of Statistics has published data on average earnings in each of the regions of Belarus in January 2014. The poorest area became Sharkovshchina. In January, workers here earn only $338. A little more in Mstislavl ($354) and Braslav ($359) districs.