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VITEBSK, 29 November (BelTA) – The new draft development program of Belarus for the forthcoming five-year period provides all the tools to fulfill the creative talents of the youth, First Secretary of the Vitebsk Regional Committee of the BRSM Youth Union, delegate of the All-Belarus People’s Congress Dmitry Khoma told BelTA. The youth leader said he is very excited to take part in such an important forum. “A great responsibility rests with the delegates, because the future of the...

The main prize of the International Modern Dance Festival in Vitebsk was awarded to the soloists of the State Dance Ensemble of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army for the production “Comprehension”. Kulli Roosna Project (Tallinn, Estonia) won the first prize in the One-Act Ballet nomination. The second prize which was transferred to the Choreographic Miniatures nomination was presented to Jazz Dance Studio PAL (Niigata, Japan). Another second prize of the nomination went to the...

VITEBSK, 26 November (BelTA) - The Vitebsk State University n.a. P.M.Masherov has developed a strong pedagogical school well-known outside the country, Education Minister Alexander Radkov, who is attending the session of the Council of the Vitebsk State University dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the university, told BelTA. The 100th anniversary of the university is a remarkable event for Belarus, the minister said. “Those who teach children should have good education, and the...

VITEBSK, 24 November (BelTA) – Business development is a strategic objective for Vitebsk Oblast, Vice-Governor of the oblast Oleg Matskevich said at the 3rd international economic forum, Your Business, which is held in Vitebsk. The private sector is an important and substantial component of the oblast’s social and economic complex. It is also an inalienable element of competition, which raises funds, creates jobs and resolves other social problems, Oleg Matskevich said. Some 7,600...

VITEBSK, 24 November (BelTA) – The 23rd International Modern Dance Festival will open in Vitebsk on 24 November, BelTA learnt from deputy director general for special projects of the Vitebsk Culture Center Marina Romanovskaya. Partaking in the competition will be dancers from Belarus, Germany, Israel, China, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Estonia and Japan. Vitebsk will see 13 one-act ballets and 24 choreographic miniatures. The jury panel will...

VITEBSK, 23 November (BelTA) – Belarus’ Vitebsk Oblast and Saxony of Germany intend to sign a cooperation agreement, chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Belarus Christof Weil. Vitebsk is also going to sign a cooperation agreement with Leipzig. Singing of such agreements helps establish business and cultural contacts between the countries, Alexander Kosinets believes....