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The business contacts established by Vitebsk oblast’s companies during the Belarus Investment Forum in London will be discussed at the international investment forum which will be held in Vitebsk in February-March 2009, BelTA learnt from Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets. The programme of the forum will be set up in line with the interest of potential investors in implementation of concrete projects in the region. Businessmen from the USA, Israel, Great...

Zjuzya Poozersky will open the Christmas Tree’s Museum in the Postavy region, BelTA learnt from Egor Shushkevich, the director of the Postavy Tourist Centre. Zuzya Poozersky, a character of the old Slavonic mythology, is the idol of cold and frost. In the new museum Zuzya will tell his guests about the roots of the tradition to decorate Christmas Tree, Christmas tree’s decorations which were in fashion in the 19th century and in the middle of the 20th century, what postcards were used...

The international artistic gymnastics tournament in honour of Olympic champion Tamara Lazakovich was opened in Vitebsk on December 2, BelTA learnt from the physical culture, sport and tourism department of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. Participating in the tournament will be sportsmen from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia and Uzbekistan. The age of the participants is 12 and older. The tournament will include combined events and also balance beam , uneven bars, vault and floor...

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...

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...

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...