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8 July 2011

Slavonic Bazaar welcomes about 550 media representatives

VITEBSK, 8 July (BelTA) – About 550 media representatives have been accredited to cover the 20th International Arts Festival Slavonic Bazaar In Vitebsk, Deputy Information Minister of Belarus Alexander Slobodchuk said as he took part in opening the festival’s press center, BelTA has learned. The festival welcomed reporters from Belarus, Azerbaijan, Great Britain, Germany, Israel, China, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, the United States, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Estonia. “The festival has an international and even historical meaning for the development and promotion of Slavonic and global culture,” Alexander Slobodchuk noted. He is also convinced that the journalists who are covering the festival will tell the entire world about this outstanding event. First Deputy Culture Minster of Belarus Vladimir Karachevsky, in turn, said that the organizers of the forum believe that this year the Slavonic Bazaar Festival will bring a lot of new ideas and vivid impressions. “The 2011 festival has an interesting program which draws up results of 20 years,” he said. Vladimir Karachevsky pinpointed that over the years the festival has become even more popular. According to him, it can be also proved by the fact that the tickets were sold a week before opening the forum. “Within 20 years partaking in the festival were representatives from more than 70 countries,” Vladimir Karachevsky said. He also added that organizers of the forum hope that the journalists will provide true and objective coverage of events. Director General of the festival Rodion Bass said that, first of all, the forum is “made by the audience and reporters”. He added that the program of the festival is very rich.

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