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The international Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk will not go through significant changes, the newly appointed Director General of the festival Gleb Lapitsky said at a press conference in Moscow on 18 April. "We have not excluded any events from the festival program this year," Gleb Lapitsky said. "A new director of the festival has been appointed. No more replacements have been made. This does not mean that dramatic changes will follow. All we want is to keep up with the...

The folk art centers of Vitebsk and Smolensk signed a cooperation agreement, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk regional methodical center of folk art. The document was signed by the centers in Vitebsk on 2 April and will be valid for five years. It envisages exchange exhibitions, joint research conferences, and various art projects. The center will participate in important cultural events of the two regions and join efforts to restore traditional costumes. The document provides for other...

A classroom of the French language and culture was officially opened at the Masherov Vitebsk State University, BelTA has learned. The classroom has been set up thanks to the cooperation of the three department of the university (philology, arts and graphics, pedagogy) with the French Embassy in Belarus. The opening ceremony was attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of France to Belarus Didier Canesse, representatives of the embassy, the university, local...

The construction of an air terminal in the multimodal industrial and logistics hub Bremino-Orsha is supposed to begin in summer 2019, BelTA learned from the logistics hub director Vladimir Kostenevich at a conference in the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee on 21 February. Among other things the air terminal will include two warehouses with refrigerating chambers for storing flowers. The terminal's total area will be close to 5,300m2. About 12 months is the standard time for building...

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...