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1 December 2008
The international festival of modern choreography has finished in Vitebsk, BelTA learnt in the Vitebsk Cultural Centre.
The Moscow Boroditskiy Dennis Dance Company /B.D.D.C/ has won the Grand Prix of the contest. Ballet troupe “Zrelost” of the Minsk Theater of Modern Choreography and the Hangzhou Theater of Opera and Ballet /China/ were awarded the 1st prize of the festival.
The Diana Yurchenko Theater-Studio of Modern Choreography /Vitebsk/ and the TAD Modern Choreography Company...
27 November 2008
Athletes from Belarus, Russia Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Latvia and the USA will take part in the Open Slavonic Games for the Prizes of Many-Time World and European Champion, Honoured Master of Sport of Belarus Dmitry Polyarush, BelTA learnt from the physical culture, sport and tourism department of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee.
Competing in the trampoline gymnastics competition will be 150 athletes in individual and synchronized events. The tournament will be held in the...
27 November 2008
The joint research in the area of pancreatic surgery will be launched by Vitebsk State Medical University and the A.V. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery (Moscow). The partnership agreement between the university and the federal scientific institution has been signed in Vitebsk on November 26, BelTA has learnt.
According to Doctor of Medicine, Professor of the Moscow institute, chief research worker Vyacheslav Yegorov, the Russian scientists got interested in the research carried out by the...
25 November 2008
All state programmes in Belarus should be implemented in full, despite the global crisis, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said at the meeting with the Vitebsk oblast officials on November 25, BelTA has learnt.
The Head of State thinks it necessary to revise all programmes and measures that were to be implemented, taking into consideration the dynamic development of the country. According to him, today it is necessary to fulfill all the projects that have been planned.
Alexander...
25 November 2008
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has demanded that Vitebsk oblast problem enterprises should become breakeven and performance goals of the current five-year plan should be reached. The head of state set the task at a session involving Vitebsk oblast top government officials on November 25, BelTA has learnt.
The financial state of enterprises is one of the most aching spots in the oblast economy, the President believes. In his words, the oblast should have a clear view of the way out...
25 November 2008
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko thinks it necessary to liberalize all the areas of human life, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said at the meeting with the Vitebsk oblast officials on November 25, BelTA has learnt.
We should make people feel free, liberalize our life. It is crucial in a difficult situation. When serious economic problems emerged, as was the case of the mid 1990s and the 1998 default in Russia, the decisions were taken to make economic relations more...