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Pitelino Municipal District (Ryazan Oblast, Russia) and Lepel District (Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus) gave a start to the bilateral social and economic cooperation, Irina Dervoyed, deputy chairperson for social affairs of the Liozno District Executive Committee, told BelTA.

International Chagall Readings that are due in Vitebsk on 25-26 July will gather researchers from five countries, Director of the Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk Irina Voronova told BelTA.

Vitebsk is gearing up to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the wedding of Marc Chagall and Bella Rosenfeld. The first event has become the exhibition dedicated to the little-researched period in the life of the couple in New York. The event has opened at the Art Space in 7 Tolstogo Street of the Vitebsk Center of Contemporary Art, BelTA learned from director of the center Andrei Dukhovnikov. Lots of works have been written about the biography of the famous artist. However, not much is...

The Belarusian-Slovak Business Forum in Vitebsk opened with the signing of the agreements on cooperation between Vitebsk Oblast and the Slovak city of Kosice and also between Vitebsk District and the Slovak town of Holic, BelTA has learned. The memorandum of cooperation in culture, education, sports and tourism between Vitebsk Oblast and the city of Kosice was signed by Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Oleg Matskevich and member of the Kosice City Council Martin...

The twinning agreements between Vitebsk and the Slovak city of Kosice and also between Vitebsk District and the Slovak town of Holic are to be signed during the Belarusian-Slovak Business Forum. The event is due in Vitebsk on 8-10 July, BelTA learned from the Honorary Consul of the Slovak Republic in the Republic of Belarus Alexei Sychev. The institutions of higher education in Kosice and Vitebsk are also set to sign cooperation agreements. More than 50 Slovak companies have...

Belarus will sell buses and trolleybuses to the Russian city of Ivanovo and will also help modernize the city’s lifts. The promising avenues of bilateral cooperation were determined at the meeting of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Igor Petrishenko and Ivanovo Mayor Alexei Khokhlov on 25 June, the Embassy’s press service told BelTA. Igor Petrishenko and Alexei Khokhlov discussed Belarus-Ivanovo relations in industrial manufacturing, trade, and social...