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VITEBSK, 5 November (BelTA) – On 12 November Vitebsk will once again turn into the center of Latvian culture, BelTA learnt from the Vitebsk Cultural Center. A new stage in the cultural exchange will be the traditional November Days of Latvia in Vitebsk according to the project LLB-1-072 "Daugavpils and Vitebsk: Cultural Cooperation and Development” of the cross-border cooperation program “Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus”. The project organizers have planned a number of activities. On 12...

VITEBSK, 1 November (BelTA) – The international conference “History and Archaeology of Polotsk and the Polotsk Land” opened in Polotsk, BelTA learnt from Ms Tamara Dzhumantayeva, the Director of the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve. The conference is dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of the first mention of Polotsk in chronicles and is the final event on the program of celebrations of 1150 years of Polotsk. Attending the conference are 50 scholars from Belarus,...

VITEBSK, 18 October (BelTA) – The Belarusian government has managed to preserve its economy in globalization conditions. The opinion was voiced by Mr Vladimir Menshikov, professor, Doctor of Sociology, Dean of the Social Sciences Department of the Daugavpils University, Latvia. Vladimir Menshikov took part in the international scientific and practical conference Social and Economic Development of Organizations and Regions in Belarus: Sustainability, Development, Innovations. The conference...

VITEBSK, 18 October (BelTA) – Belarus should step up the accession to the World Trade Organization, BelTA learned from Mr Alexander Luchenok, Doctor of Economy, department head of the Economy Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Alexander Luchenok took part in the international scientific and practical conference Social and Economic Development of Organizations and Regions in Belarus: Sustainability, Development, Innovations. The conference took place in the Vitebsk...

VITEBSK, 12 October (BelTA) – The EU technical assistance project “Neighbor's Road” will be implemented in Vitebsk Oblast. Members of the Vitebsk regional council of deputies passed a decision on its co-funding, BelTA has learnt. The project provides for the improvement of the road network infrastructure in the area of the Belarusian-Latvian border section, namely on the Kaplava-Plyusy roadway, Vice-Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Konstantin...

VITEBSK, 2 October (BelTA) – The automobile border checkpoint Grigorovshchina at the Belarusian-Latvian border will be re-opened to all kinds of traffic at 11:00 on 15 October, representatives of the Vitebsk Customs House told BelTA. The border checkpoint Grigorovshchina is located in Verkhnedvinsk District at the Belarusian-Latvian border. It was closed on 15 July 2012 for large-scale reconstruction. The first phase is expected to be commissioned on 15 October. As many as two exit lanes...