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VITEBSK, 7 July (BelTA) – Yuri Antonov’s solo performance will open a series of concerts of the 19th international art festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk, BelTA learnt from the forum directorate. The outstanding artist and composer will perform at the Summer Amphitheater on 7 July in the evening. The admirers of his work will enjoy his major hits which are still very popular. The festival will also include the concerts of Stas Mikhailov, Alexander Serov, Valeria, Elena Vayenga, Dmitry...

VITEBSK, 6 July (BelTA) – Vitebsk State University named after Piotr Masherov has certified the quality management system for compliance with the STB ISO 9001-2009 standard and in the German accreditation system for the compliance with DIN EN ISO 9001-2008, BelTA learnt from pro-rector of the university Veslav Turkovsky. Vitebsk State University has also certified the quality management system of the Polotsk and Orsha colleges which are part of the university, he said. The area of...

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...

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....

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...

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...