News of Vitsebsk and Vitsebsk region

Iraq-born UK citizen Alan Smith begins a hunger strike in a Belarusian colony, his demands yet to be known.

The monument is titled The Viciebsk Giant.

Ideology officials say it is premature to rename the city's library after Francysk Skaryna. It currently bears the name of Lenin.

Raman Kuzmyankou faces mental health examination after staging his second solo picket in an Orsha neighborhood.

The observers had to call the police to be released.

A candidate from the Belarusian Party of the Left 'Fair World' received a formal refusal two days after the scheduled rally.

Russian Orthodox priest Nikolay Kireyev pleaded not guilty and is set to appeal the verdict.

The artifact is eatable but has a very disgusting taste, says author Anastasia Hancharova.

The baby's height is 64 cm and he looks like a 3-4 month old boy. One in ten babies in Belarus are born weighing more than 4 kg.