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Tickets for concerts of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk will be available on sale on 22 February, Director General of the Vitebsk culture center and the festival Gleb Lapitsky said at a press conference on 12 February, BelTA has learned. Gleb Lapitsky also revealed first line-up names. These are Kipelov rock band, Aleksandr Panayotov, Stas Mikhaylov, Valery Leontiev, Nadezhda Kadysheva, and the Russian folk group Zolotoye Koltso. The full line-up will be...

The Vitebsk Regional Union of Employers (VRUE) and Italian business associations will establish information cooperation to tighten ties between the two countries, Vladimir Turavinov, the chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Union of Employers, said as VRUE, Italy-Belarus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) and Italian Business Association Confindustria Bielorussia signed the memorandum of cooperation, BelTA has learned. The singing ceremony wrapped up the working meeting of the Vitebsk...

The trade unions of Vitebsk Oblast of Belarus, Pskov Oblast and Smolensk Oblast of Russia have signed a cooperation agreement for 2019-2020, BelTA has learned from the press service of the Vitebsk Oblast branch of the Federation of Trade Unions. The document aims at expanding mutually beneficial cooperation between the trade union organizations of the border regions. The parties will cooperate in the protection of labor rights, social and economic interests of workers. The...

The Belarusian light industry needs to gradually embrace the Industry 4.0 concept which means high computerization of manufacturing process, Chairman of the Belarusian light industry concern Bellegprom Nikolai Yefimchik told BelTA. According to him, the Industry 4.0 laboratory has been set up at Belwest footwear factory where the manufacturing process is carried out almost without people. "Embracing Industry 4.0 will become the main objective for clothing manufacturers in the coming...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signed Decree No. 506 "On the development of Orsha District, Vitebsk Oblast" that approves the district's development program for the period till 2023, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The program seeks to address key issues of Orsha District. Its ultimate goal is to create conditions conducive to comprehensive social and economic development of the district. This implies measures to improve the quality of life, to...

Keys to 120 apartments in a public welfare house located at 92 Leningradskaya Street and built using Chinese investments were handed over to residents in the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, BelTA has learned. The ten-story house was built in line with the Belarusian-Chinese intergovernmental agreement. The apartments went primarily to orphans, families with children with disabilities, and large families. "The support is modest, but from the depth of our hearts," noted Ambassador...