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6 July 2010
VITEBSK, 6 July (BelTA) – On 7 July, Vitebsk will celebrate Marc Chagall’s birthday. An exhibition of giclee on canvas, a presentation of the book dedicated to the famous painter and a Jewish food testing party will be organized in the city, BelTA learned from Larisa Khmelnitskaya, director of the Marc Chagall Museum of Vitebsk.
The celebrations will be held in Pokrovskaya street of Vitebsk. It is the street where Marc Chagall was born. The celebration program includes literary and...
5 July 2010
VITEBSK, 5 July (BelTA) – Around 5,000 Vitebsk residents attended the celebrations timed to the Independence Day. The main events of the celebration were held in the center of the city, BelTA has learnt.
Taking part in the celebrations were veterans of the Great Patriotic War, representatives of labour collectives of more than 70 enterprises of the city, social organizations and law-enforcement bodies. During the show agricultural companies of the region demonstrated new farm machinery....
3 July 2010
VITEBSK, 3 July (BelTA) – The great moral fiber of the Belarusians is the core of Belarus’ statehood and attests to the strength and independence of the state where old people are respected, children are worshipped and everything is done for the benefit of the people, Alexander Kosinets, the chairman of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee, said at an official meeting to mark the Independence Day of Belarus.
It is symbolic that the Independence Day celebrations in Vitebsk are held in...
2 July 2010
VITEBSK, 2 July (BelTA) – The 51st meeting of veterans of the Great Patriotic War near the Mound of Friendship which is located on the border of Belarus, Russia and Latvia, will take place on 4 July. This year the host party will be Belarus and its Verkhnedvinsk Region, BelTA learnt from local authorities.
According to a tradition, the day will begin with a procession of veterans towards the Mound of Friendship. At a commemoration ceremony the veterans will remember their war comrades and...
30 June 2010
VITEBSK, 30 June (BelTA) – A ceremony of re-interring the remains of 26 Red Army soldiers killed during the Great Patriotic War will be held in Beshenkovichi on 1 July, BelTA learnt from the ideology department of the regional executive committee. Attending the ceremony will be relatives of one of the soldiers whose remains were identified.
The remains of the soldiers were found by servicemen of the 52nd special search battalion during search operations in the region. The identity of...
30 June 2010
VITEBSK, 9 June (BelTA) – In January-May 2010, the Vitebsk bioplant’s profits made up Br1.5 billion, or up 9 times as against the same period last year, BelTA learned from the plant.
The plant has increased profits owing to the innovation project which is being implemented according to the state program on development of veterinary preparations production facilities. In line with the project, the plant will construct a manufacturing building (18.7 thousand square meters), purchase of...