Sergei Shikunets, Deputy Head of the Department for Supervision of the Investigation of Particularly Important Criminal Cases of the General Prosecutor's Office, spoke about the progress of the investigation into the criminal case of the genocide of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War, as well as about the legal assessment of crimes against humanity. “In the course of the ongoing work, 84 new sisters of Khatyn have already been identified - villages that were...

Kirill Valevsky from Vitebsk won gold in the youth competition in the weight category up to 65 kg. A total of 44 medals were awarded in 11 weight categories. Let us add that Kirill Valevsky regularly pleases sports fans in the Vitebsk region with his successes. So, this summer he won a bronze medal at the World Championships among athletes under 17 years of age in Istanbul.  Photo telegram channel "Vitebsk region: sport and tourism". 

Kalininsky Bridge in Novopolotsk has been recognized as the best road construction project in Belarus, NOVAYA telegram channel reports. BY-Novopolotsk today. Reconstruction of the bridge across the Western Dvina River at the entrance to Novopolotsk from the R-20 highway Vitebsk – Polotsk – border of the Republic of Latvia was carried out by RUE "Vitsebskavtodor".  The company became one of the winners of the contest " Leaders in Construction of the Republic of...

  Winter grain crops were sown on 1,289,900 hectares of land (83.9% of the plan), BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 5 October, some 8,060,300 tonnes of grain crops and rapeseed were cropped in Belarus. This included 7,019,600 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops as well as corn. Harvesting of corn kernels is underway in all the oblasts of the country, with 80,700 hectares of land already cleared. Some 640,500 tonnes of corn kernels were...

The national air carrier Belavia is changing its flight schedule to Dubai and Sharjah in October, BelTA learned from the airline. At present Belavia flies to Sharjah on Tuesdays and Fridays with departure from Minsk at 00:50 and arrival in Sharjah at 08:00, and departure from Sharjah at 09:00 and arrival in Minsk at 14:00. Starting from 29 October, Saturday flights will be added to the schedule. Belavia flies to Dubai three times a week: on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Sundays....