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MINSK, 17 September (BelTA) – Medical education in Belarus meets international standards, said Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, co-head of the anesthesiology and critical care department of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Vladimir Zelman, MD. He has read a lecture for students and staff of Vitebsk State Medical University, BelTA has learnt. The famous scientist...

VITEBSK, 17 September (BelTA) – It is encouraging that a considerable number of party nominees takes part in the elections to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission Antonio Milososki told BelTA in Vitebsk on 17 September. The mission has met with members of the district election commission of Vitebsky-Gorkovsky electoral district No. 17 and parliamentary candidates standing for elections in this district. “We...

VITEBSK, 7 September (BelTA) – Japanese volunteers will hold a master class in clown care in the Vitebsk Regional Children’s Teaching Hospital, BelTA learnt from the Vitebsk office of the Belarusian Red Cross Society (BRCS). A group of 15 Japanese volunteers came to Vitebsk on 6 September to meet with and share best practices in clown care with volunteers of the Vitebsk office of the BRCS. The day before the Japanese volunteers had shared their expertise and knowledge in clown care with...

MINSK, 30 August (BelTA) – Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives’ permanent commission for state construction, local government and regulations Mikhail Orda who heads a delegation of the National Assembly on contacts with the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) took part in the 21st BSPC meeting in Saint Petersburg on 26-28 August, BelTA learnt from the press service of the House of Representatives. The major theme of the conference was Energy Cooperation and Favorable...

VITEBSK, 21 August (BelTA) – Since the beginning of the year the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee has signed 22 investment contracts worth Br1.3 trillion in accordance with Decree No. 10 "Concerning the establishment of additional conditions for investment activity in the Republic of Belarus", BelTA learnt from Svetlana Medvedskaya, the chief of the department for investments and innovations of the economy committee of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. Projects shall be implemented...

VITEBSK, 16 August (BelTA) – The Belarusian Book Printing Museum, an affiliate of the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum Reserve, will take part in the Belarusian Written Language Day in Glubokoye, chief of the Belarusian Book Printing Museum Yelena Shumovich said. This year Polotsk will mark its 1,150th anniversary; therefore, the museum is going to arrange an off-site exhibition “Polotsk in the book culture of Belarus”. The exhibition will feature hand-written books,...