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3 April 2012
VITEBSK, 3 April (BelTA) – Vatican may lend Marc Chagall’s works for the sake of arranging an exhibition in Vitebsk. The initiative was put forth by Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio of Vatican in Belarus, as he met with top executives of the Vitebsk Oblast administration on 3 April.
“Works by this internationally recognized artist are kept in Vatican, Germany, and France. We would be pleased to organize an exhibition,” said the Archbishop.
Claudio Gugerotti said that...
3 April 2012
VITEBSK, 3 April (BelTA) – The fourth national art exhibition Insita 2012 has given start to the celebrations dedicated to the 125th anniversary of Marc Chagall in Vitebsk on 3 April, BelTA has learnt.
Taking part in Insita 2012 will be 79 painters from Belarus, Saint Petersburg and Lithuania. The exhibition will feature works from collections of the Naive Art Museum of Moscow and the Naive Art Museum of Latvia.
The exhibition marking the 125th anniversary of Marc Chagall has opened...
2 April 2012
VITEBSK, 2 April (BelTA) – While visiting the Vitebsk Masherov State University Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Gong Jianwei showed interest in a project to develop a High-Tech Park in Vitebsk, BelTA informs.
On 1-2 April the Ambassador met with Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets and Chairman of the Vitebsk City Hall Viktor Nikolaikin to discuss a range of promising projects which can be implemented with participation of...
2 April 2012
VITEBSK, 2 April (BelTA) – A Chinese photo exhibition will open at the Vitebsk regional local lore museum on 2 April to mark the 20th anniversary of Belarus-China diplomatic relations, BelTA learnt from the museum.
The exhibition will feature approximately 30 large-size works which reflect the development of all-round relations between Belarus and China in previous years. The photos describe important moments in the life of the two countries. The fist photo was made in Beijing during the...
28 March 2012
VITEBSK, 28 March (BelTA) - About 300 people will take part in the first Belarusian-Latvian forum of twin-towns “Prospects of Belarusian-Latvian regional and twin-town cooperation” in Novopolotsk, BelTA learnt form the ideology department of the Novopolotsk town hall.
The forum opened on 28 March. Today Novopolotsk will welcome representatives of delegations of the diplomatic missions of Latvia in Belarus, and Belarus in Latvia, mayors of the twin-towns and those who have yet to find a...
20 March 2012
VITEBSK, 20 March (BelTA) – The international art festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk has started signing contracts for the right to use its trademark, BelTA learned from Olga Salnikova, First Deputy Director General of the entertainment center Vitebsk.
The logo of the festival is well-recognized: a cornflower against the background of musical staff. The trademark has been registered in Belarus and grants the owner exclusive rights to manage it. Nobody can use it for commercial purposes...