Raccoons that were born in the Vitebsk zoo, my mother carefully begins to let out of the house.  Despite the fact that they were born on July 17, even zookeepers themselves were able to see them only recently.  Mama raccoon jealously guarded her cubs from prying eyes.  Even the raccoon dad fell out of favor with her, who now has to move only along the route allocated by the "spouse" at certain times. By the way, striped raccoons are also difficult to see because they are...

Teams from colleges and universities can contribute to improving the environmental situation. The Republican Center for Ecology and Local Lore offers young people to make their native places cleaner by joining the garbage collection event "We Care". Teams of 10 to 20 students from specialized secondary and higher education institutions are invited to participate.  They need to independently identify the areas (preferably coastal) where cleaning is required, and restore order...

The main thing is desire, then everything is possible, says Igor Zheltkevich, senior instructor and lifeguard of the fire emergency unit No. 1 of the Glubokoe Emergency Department, who won the republican contest "Best Lifeguard of Emergency Departments of the Republic of Belarus", and for the second time in his career. As a child, Igor did not think about working in the Ministry of Emergency Situations, he wanted to become a policeman, like his uncle, or an athlete,...

According to the head of the Department of agriculture, crop production and feed production of the Committee on Agriculture and Food of the regional Executive Committee Valery Nerozya, cereals and legumes were harvested on an area of 249.3 thousand hectares (97 %).  The highest gross yield is in Orsha and Vitebsk districts, respectively, 89 and 70 thousand hectares.  In the context of farms, the Vitebsk broiler poultry farm is the leader in this indicator – 45 thousand tons of...

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is ready to develop cooperation with the countries of Africa and Latin America, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Anatoly Sidorov told a briefing on 28 August, BelTA has learned. “Keeping in mind that the CSTO member states are building close relations with African countries, there is a prospect of holding joint events with them. We are ready to cooperate with both Africa and Latin America if the states from these continents express a...

Belarus has hosted over 309,000 visa-waiver travelers since 1 January 2023, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Some 694,614 people from the neighboring EU countries have visited Belarus since the launch of the visa-waiver program, including 438,969 citizens of Lithuania, 48,404 non-citizens and 158,4545 citizens of Latvia, and 48,696 Polish citizens. Since the start of the year, Belarus has welcomed 309,628 residents of the neighboring EU states, including...