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8 April 2011
POLOTSK, 8 April (BelTA) – Polotsk is the birthplace of the Belarusian state and spirituality. It should be borne in mind during the development of the town as a tourist destination. The opinion was voiced by Anatoly Tozik, Vice Prime Minister of Belarus, Chairman of the Tourism Expert and Coordination Council under the Council of Ministers, at a visiting session. The visiting session is supposed to take place in Polotsk and Novopolotsk.
Anatoly Tozik believes that in order to advance...
5 April 2011
VITEBSK, 5 April (BelTA) – Over 60 artists from seven countries have applied for participation in the 3rd International Biennale “Water+Color” in Polotsk, BelTA learnt from Larisa Lysenko, chief of the arts gallery of the National Polotsk History and Culture Museum-Reserve.
This event has been organized by the museum-reserve and the Belarusian Union of Artists. The biennale major theme will be Watercolor Space.
Watercolorists from Belarus, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia,...
1 April 2011
VITEBSK, 1 April (BelTA) – A memorial plate to Hero of Russia Alexei Vorobyev will be unveiled in his homeland, the village of Borovukha (Polotsk District, Vitebsk Oblast) on the Unity Day of Belarusian and Russian Peoples on 2 April, BelTA learnt from chairman of the Borovukha village executive committee Sergei Splender.
Back in the Soviet Union, the village of Borovukha was called the capital of the blue berets: the 350th and 357th parachute regiments of the famous 103rd airborne...
1 April 2011
VITEBSK, 1 April (BelTA) – Around 1,900 names of Fatherland defenders, who were buried in Vitebsk Oblast, were ascertained in 2010, BelTA learned from Sergei Olsevich, Deputy Military Commissioner of the Vitebsk Oblast Military Commissariat.
Field excavations were arranged in Gorodok District, Beshenkovichi District, Braslav District, Vitebsk District, Polotsk District, Dokshitsy District, Verkhnedvinsk District and Tolochin District. Personnel of military unit No 28443 worked at 27 sites,...
31 March 2011
VITEBSK, 31 March (BelTA) – For the past four years Vitebsk Oblast has allocated over Br3.7 billion on barrier-free environment, BelTA learnt from the labor, employment and social security committee of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee.
Vitebsk Oblast is in the middle of the program on the phased reconstruction of the road network, pedestrian crossings to make them user-friendly to persons with disabilities. Overhaul and maintenance works to improve surface of streets, exits and...
29 March 2011
VITEBSK, 29 March (BelTA) – A joint exhibition of the works of students of the departments of art and graphics of the Masherov State University of Vitebsk and the Smolensk State University will open in Vitebsk on the Unity Day of Belarus and Russia on 31 March, BelTA learnt from Dean of the Department for Art and Graphics of the Vitebsk State University, candidate of pedagogic sciences Dmitry Senko.
Graphic artists of the two universities have been cooperating for more than 10 years...