VITEBSK, 23 November (BelTA) – The program of the 31st International Festival of Modern Choreography (IFMC) in Vitebsk will be interesting and packed with events, Culture Minister Yuri Bondar told reporters before the opening of the forum on 21 November, BelTA has learned. “This year the festival has gathered participants from 22 countries. Its program features over 60 performances and other events,” the minister said. Yuri Bondar noted that Belarusian authorities support over 60...

VITEBSK, 24 October (BelTA) – The decree on the financial recovery of struggling farming enterprises will help creditors and debtors to meet each other halfway, Deputy Chairman of the Belarusian Supreme Court Yuri Kobets told reporters on 23 October, BelTA has learned. “The position of the Supreme Court is the following: parties should avoid going to court whenever it is possible. In order to implement Decree No. 399 we should encourage business and administrative initiative of...

MOSCOW, 18 October (BelTA) – The presentation of Vitebsk Oblast’s potential will take place at the Business and Cultural Center of the Belarusian embassy in Russia on 19 October, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian diplomatic mission. The presentation will be divided into several themed blocks. The first of them will include an exhibition of Vitebsk Oblast companies-exporters and their investment proposals. Visitors will have a chance to get familiar with products of...

VITEBSK, 11 October (BelTA) – The youth of Belarus’ Vitebsk and Russia’s Pskov have signed an agreement on cooperation, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk Oblast Committee of the BRSM Youth Union. The agreement on youth cooperation was signed by representatives of the Vitebsk Oblast Committee of the BRSM Youth Union and the Pskov Oblast Organization of the Russian Union of Youth during the 6th Youth Forum of Belarus and Russia “Youth for the Union State” in Mogilev. The document will...

MOSCOW, 26 September (BelTA) – The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia (Rosselkhoznadzor) lifted the ban on the import of products of Vitebsk Meat Packing Plant to Russia on 26 September, BelTA learned from the website of the Russian food quality watchdog. Rosselkhoznadzor had scrutinized the materials provided by the Department for Veterinary and Food Control of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry to investigate the reasons for detecting...

MINSK, 10 September (BelTA) – The crew of the International Space Station from the station’s orbit above Earth hailed participants and guests of the 31st international planetary congress of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE). The video recording was displayed during the congress’ opening ceremony in Minsk on 10 September, BelTA has learned. “A kid with eyes looking into outer space as a symbol of the congress and the slogan ‘We create space future’ are deeply symbolical...

VITEBSK DISTRICT, 24 July (BelTA) – In Tolochin District 70 remote villages with no rural health posts have received blood pressure monitors under the EU/UNDP project “Support to Local Development in the Republic of Belarus”, the coordinator of this local initiative, the chairperson of the Tolochin district organization of the Belaya Rus public association Alla Kravchenko said at the regional conference to discuss the results of the project in Vitebsk Oblast, BelTA has learned. “We...

MINSK, 16 July (BelTA) – The harvest season has started in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 16 July, an estimated 124,600 hectares planted with cereals and leguminous crops were harvested, which is 5.9% of the sown area. This year’s harvest season arrived in Belarus earlier than in the previous year. Brest Oblast is currently leading having cropped 20.9% (68,700 hectares) of its planted areas. Grodno Oblast harvested 7.5% of the areas...

MINSK, 28 June (BelTA) – Media personnel from 11 countries have been accredited to work at the 27 th edition of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, BelTA learned from the Information Ministry. This year 390 reporters from 126 mass media outlets applied for accreditation. Among them are 97 people representing 64 foreign mass media outlets from 10 countries, including Russia, Ukraine, China, Israel, Armenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Serbia and the United...

VITEBSK, 13 June (BelTA) – Prastora Urban Art Forum will take place in Vitebsk on 22-24 June during the City Day celebrations, head of the Center for Urban Projects and Initiatives Prastora Oksana Kuzina told BelTA. The centerpiece of the forum will be a Smart City hackathon that will bring together IT specialists, designers, urban specialists and environmentalists. “The smart city concept seeks to create new jobs and caters to the needs of local residents and visitors. Such a city...