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VITEBSK, 22 June (BelTA) – Russian and Kazakhstani painters have come to Vitebsk to take part in a plein air marking the 125th birthday of Marc Chagall and the 120th anniversary of the Zdravnevo estate purchase by Ilya Repin, BelTA learnt from organizer of the tour Larisa Petrovskaya. Apart from members of the national unions of artists, Vitebsk has also welcomed art students. The guests will draw Vitebsk, its suburbs, portraits of its residents. The plein air will be followed by an...

VITEBSK, 22 June (BelTA) – Art groups from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia and Moldova will take part in the 19th International Song and Music Festival “Dnieper Voices in Dubrovno”, BelTA learnt from the Dubrovno District Executive Committee. The festival will begin on 22 June. The participants to the festival will gather at the Rylenki Memorial to commemorate victims of the Great Patriotic War. A concert featuring war-time songs will be held in...

VITEBSK, 20 June (BelTA) – The Vitebsk Regional Local Lore Museum is preparing innovative souvenirs for visitors, Director of the Museum Gleb Savitsky told a press conference timed to the opening of the international holography exhibition “Holography 2012. Vitebsk”. In cooperation with one of the organizers of the exhibition, the museum is preparing artistic holograms of its exhibits. So far the work on three holograms is underway. One of the holograms will feature a most valuable...

VITEBSK, 19 June (BelTA) - A souvenir fair will be organized during the Slavonic Bazaar Art Festival in Vitebsk, BelTA learnt from the Vitebsk cultural center. The souvenir fair will be operating from 10 to 19 July. It will be located on the square near the Vitebsk Concert Hall, which is one of the major festival venues along with the Summer Amphitheater. The fair is open for application. It is expected that artisans from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and other countries will participate in the...

VITEBSK, 14 June (BelTA) – Trud-Vitebsk Company has launched the production of disposable underwear for medical institutions, BelTA learnt from the economy department of the Vitebsk City Hall. There are no large producers of such goods in Belarus at a time when consumption of such items in the national medical institutions is high. Trud-Vitebsk is taking part in the import-substitution program as a producer of medical products: one-use underwear and relevant accessories. In Q1 2012 the...

VITEBSK, 8 June (BelTA) – The Vitebsk customs house has gone the extra mile to increase the throughput for the duration of the European football championship 2012, representatives of the customs house told BelTA. In view of the football championship and a possible increase in passenger traffic measures have been taken to rule out queues of cars and tourist buses in the Vitebsk customs house responsibility area. In particular, personnel reserves have been set aside to increase the number of...