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25 April 2018
Paralympic sports give a variety of opportunities for development, Belarusian Paralympic athlete Svetlana Sakhonenko said as he met with students at the No Borders for Sport – Vitebsk Oblast 2018 festival on 24 April, BelTA has learned.
The three-time Paralympic champion in cross country skiing cited her sports career as an example. After failing to qualify for Olympic competitions due to her visual impairment, she shifted to Paralympic sports as it was the only opportunity to do sport...
19 April 2018
The world famous Vologda lace may go on display during the Day of the Belarus-Russia Union State during the Slavianski Bazaar festival in Vitebsk, State Secretary of the Belarus-Russia Union State Grigory Rapota told the media, BelTA has learned.
Plans are in place to organize a workshop in lace making by Vologda lace masters and to arrange a catwalk show of the apparel made from Vologda lace and Orsha linen fabrics.
The Union State Standing Committee is going to offer this idea to...
10 April 2018
Details have been unveiled for the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk festival program, director general of the Vitebsk cultural center, the festival director Alexander Sidorenko told the media on 10 April, BelTA has learned.
The program has been published on the official website of the festival. It includes the events to be held at the Vitebsk concert hall, the Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theater, the Lyalka puppet theater, the Vitebsk Oblast Philharmonic, and the Summer Amphitheater....
3 April 2018
An international logistics company from China is looking into opportunities for cooperation with Vitebsk Oblast in the area of trade, BelTA has learned.
Top executives of the Chinese company have arrived in Vitebsk Oblast in order to take a look at the local product range. During the official meeting with representatives of the Vitebsk Oblast administration the guests expressed interest in agricultural products. They said they had heard a lot about the high quality of organic Belarusian...
28 March 2018
An agreement on the volume of Belarusian food exports St Petersburg in 2018 was signed at the 10th session of the Belarus-St Petersburg Business Cooperation Council attended by Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov on 28 March, BelTA informs.
The sides signed a roadmap of cooperation in science and technology between the educational and scientific institutions of Belarus and St Petersburg for 2018-201, a memorandum of cooperation between the healthcare committees of Minsk and St...
21 March 2018
A branch of the Confucius class operating in the Belarusian State Physical Culture University will be opened in Vitebsk's secondary school No.45. The plans were discussed at a meeting of interested parties at premises of the Sport and Tourism Office of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee on 21 March, BelTA has learned.
Representatives of the Confucius class, the Vitebsk sport wushu school, Vitebsk secondary school No.45, and the travel agency Raidotur took part in the meeting. The...