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17 July 2009
VITEBSK, 17 July (BelTA) – The friendship of the Russian and Belarusian peoples, the common roots and traditions create the spiritual basis of the Slavonic Bazaar Festival in Vitebsk, Boris Gryzlov, Chairman of the Belarus-Russia Parliamentary Assembly, Chairman of the State Duma of Russia, noted in his address to the Vitebsk festival.
Boris Gryzlov underscored that the festival has become one of the biggest projects of the Belarus-Russia Union State. The Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk will...
17 July 2009
VITEBSK, 17 July (BelTA) – The Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk is the world-scale cultural forum, Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets noted during the closing ceremony of the 18th international festival of arts Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk on 16 July.
The farewell song of the Slavonic Bazaar Festival has been performed. More than 5,000 guests from 33 countries took part in this large-scale cultural project of Belarus and Russia. Almost 250,000 people attended...
17 July 2009
VITEBSK, 17 July (BelTA) – The Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk teaches to value the brotherhood of the Slavonic people, People’s Artist of the Soviet Union Iosif Kobzon said at a closing ceremony of the 18th international festival of arts in Vitebsk on 16 July.
The Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk must go on, believes Iosif Kobzon. “The festival is the best school for the Union State politicians to learn how to love, make friends and value the brotherhood of the Slavonic people,” Iosif Kobzon...
16 July 2009
VITEBSK, 16 July (BelTA) – Maria from Romania won the Grand Prix of the 7th international junior song contest Vitebsk 2009, BelTA has learnt.
Apart from a special prize and diploma, the winner gets $5,000.
The first prize ($3,000) and a diploma were presented to Andranik Aleksanyan (Ukraine). The second prize ($2,000) went to Maria Novik (Belarus). The third prize was shared by Kamile (Lithuania) and Anel Karshygaeva (Kazakhstan).
The special prizes of the Union State were presented...
16 July 2009
VITEBSK, 16 July (BelTA) – The 18th international festival of arts Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk is coming to an end. A solemn closing ceremony of the festival will be held in the late evening on July 16.
Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian and Moldovan famous pop singers and bands including Iosif Kobzon, Anzhelika Agurbash, Irina Dorofeeva, Kim Breitburg, Diana Gurtskaya, Boris Moiseev and Nadezhda Kadysheva will take part in the solemn closing ceremony of the Vitebsk festival. Grand-Prix...
15 July 2009
VITEBSK, 15 July (BelTA) – The Belarusian participants of the junior song contest held at the Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk excellently represented the Belarusian traditions of musical art, First Deputy Culture Minister of Belarus Vladimir Rylatko told a press conference on 15 July.
He praised the brilliant performance of Andrei Kolosov who was second at the international pop song contest Vitebsk 2009. “We are also glad about the performance of the participant from Russia. By the way, he...
