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Over 40 local initiatives have been implemented in Vitebsk Oblast as part of the EU/UNDP program, project manager Liudmila Sakalouskaya said at a regional conference on 24 July to review the results of the project delivery in Vitebsk Oblast, BelTA has learned. Local initiatives under the project "Support to Local Development in the Republic of Belarus" in 2016-2018 were implemented in Vitebsk District, Orsha District, Senno District, Polotsk District, Tolochin District, Liozno District,...

The 2018 Slavianski Bazaar festival has wrapped up with a concert of heartwarming and most beloved songs, BelTA informs. The closing concert was held in the Summer Amphitheater on the night of 16 July. The program featured a ceremony to award the winners of the 27th international song competition Vitebsk 2018. The Grand Prix and the Golden Lyre went to Romania's Marcel Rosca. The audience warmly welcomed Robertino Loretti, Pesnyary, Alexander Solodukha, Aleksei Khlestov, Inna...

The opening ceremony of the 27th edition of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk will take place in the Summer Amphitheater on 12 July, BelTA has learned. The opening of the cultural forum will be preceded by a spectacular ceremony. Wind bands, drummer girls and majorettes will show up in the city streets at noon to invite local residents and visitors to the Summer Amphitheater complex. A flag of the festival will be raised along the flags of the participating...

A new exhibition in Vitebsk is dedicated to Bella Chagall, BelTA learned from the Marc Chagall Art Center that hosts the exhibition. The exposition "Bella Chagall. Portrait of the Artist's Wife" is timed to the birthday of the famous painter marked on 6 July. The exposition features copies of photos documenting the life of the Rosenfeld family (Bella's maiden name), graphic works of Marc Chagall from the museum's holdings, household items that were used by urban dwellers at the start of...

Media personnel from 11 countries have been accredited to work at the 27th 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 States. The event will be...

Artists from seven countries will take part in the International Chagall Plein Air in Vitebsk, BelTA learned from the Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk. Taking part in the art forum will be seven artists from Belarus, Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Germany, the Netherlands and Israel. The event will take place on 25 June – 7 July. The artists will paint in Vitebsk and its suburbs. They will give master classes and will be taken on a sightseeing tour around Vitebsk. The forum will wrap up with...