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.

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.

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 criminal case against wield the cemetery "Ekimań" on the outskirts of Połacak vandals submitted to the court, said the prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of Viciebsk region to oversee the implementation of the legislation on the management of the Investigative Committee of the Viciebsk region Vasily Yakovlev.

On May 24, members of the commission to perpetuate the memory of Fatherland Defenders and War Victims, established at the Viciebsk Regional Executive Committee, met with representatives of the "Chajsy" civil initiative. Citizens officials asked a dozen questions, but only few of them heard the distinct answers.