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VITEBSK, 7 September (BelTA) – Japanese volunteers will hold a master class in clown care in the Vitebsk Regional Children’s Teaching Hospital, BelTA learnt from the Vitebsk office of the Belarusian Red Cross Society (BRCS). A group of 15 Japanese volunteers came to Vitebsk on 6 September to meet with and share best practices in clown care with volunteers of the Vitebsk office of the BRCS. The day before the Japanese volunteers had shared their expertise and knowledge in clown care with...

MINSK, 30 August (BelTA) – Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives’ permanent commission for state construction, local government and regulations Mikhail Orda who heads a delegation of the National Assembly on contacts with the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) took part in the 21st BSPC meeting in Saint Petersburg on 26-28 August, BelTA learnt from the press service of the House of Representatives. The major theme of the conference was Energy Cooperation and Favorable...

VITEBSK, 21 August (BelTA) – Since the beginning of the year the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee has signed 22 investment contracts worth Br1.3 trillion in accordance with Decree No. 10 "Concerning the establishment of additional conditions for investment activity in the Republic of Belarus", BelTA learnt from Svetlana Medvedskaya, the chief of the department for investments and innovations of the economy committee of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. Projects shall be implemented...

VITEBSK, 16 August (BelTA) – The Belarusian Book Printing Museum, an affiliate of the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum Reserve, will take part in the Belarusian Written Language Day in Glubokoye, chief of the Belarusian Book Printing Museum Yelena Shumovich said. This year Polotsk will mark its 1,150th anniversary; therefore, the museum is going to arrange an off-site exhibition “Polotsk in the book culture of Belarus”. The exhibition will feature hand-written books,...

MINSK, 13 August (BelTA) – The final ruling on the disputed oil stored in a section of the Polotsk-Ventspils oil pipeline will be pronounced by the Supreme Court of Latvia in October 2013, Vasily Drobotov, Director of the Belarusian company OAO Polotsktransneft Druzhba, told BelTA. The Supreme Court of Latvia’s ruling to lift arrest from the disputed process oil in the Latvian part of the oil pipeline Polotsk-Ventspils on 10 August does not mean the litigation in Latvian courts is over....

MINSK, 10 August (BelTA) - The Supreme Court of Latvia rescinded the ruling to arrest the disputed process oil from the Latvian part of the oil pipeline Polotsk-Ventspils on 10 August, representatives of OAO Polotsktransneft Druzhba told BelTA BelTA has been told no protective measures regarding the process oil are in effect now. OAO Polotsktransneft Druzhba and OOO LatRosTrans are at odds over the ownership of the process oil in two oil pipelines in Latvia, namely Polotsk-Ventspils and...