"I do not want to mourn for the Belarusian language, but objectively, unfortunately, due to various factors, it is underdeveloped," - noted social activist from Vitebsk Olga Karach in one of the discussions on Facebook. For example, what are the Belarusian conformity to Russian terms "toilet bowl" and "standpipe"? - Karach gave the example.

Jan. 29 one of the leaders of the civil campaign "Tell the Truth" Sergei Wozniak appealed Vitebsk regional court refusal to register their initiative groups. The Court upheld the previous failures district and regional electoral commissions. Activist was going to run in the Tolochin district and Kochanava rural councils by collecting signatures.

Vitebsk region is one of the first involved in the development of rural tourism and for several years pleasing increase in the number of estates, the variety of services offered. Number of offers outdoor recreation during the Christmas and New Year holidays for some time steadily increased. Many orders from individual guests and entire companies were in season 2012-2013. However, this season has caused some owners ' houses in the village of " worry.

After the district court judge Vitebsk Natalia Tretyakov Leonid Zdrestovu refused an application for admission to participate in the hearing in a civil case as his representative human rights activist, he appealed to the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court did not decide the question, and now asks activist to understand the situation the chairman of the Constitutional Court.

December 10 marks 65 years since the adoption of the UN General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This date gives the occasion to talk about the state of human rights in Belarus. For this "Dialogue" met with human rights activist Leonid Svetsik Vitebsk.