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VITEBSK, 20 June (BelTA) – The Vitebsk Regional Local Lore Museum is preparing innovative souvenirs for visitors, Director of the Museum Gleb Savitsky told a press conference timed to the opening of the international holography exhibition “Holography 2012. Vitebsk”. In cooperation with one of the organizers of the exhibition, the museum is preparing artistic holograms of its exhibits. So far the work on three holograms is underway. One of the holograms will feature a most valuable...

VITEBSK, 19 June (BelTA) - A souvenir fair will be organized during the Slavonic Bazaar Art Festival in Vitebsk, BelTA learnt from the Vitebsk cultural center. The souvenir fair will be operating from 10 to 19 July. It will be located on the square near the Vitebsk Concert Hall, which is one of the major festival venues along with the Summer Amphitheater. The fair is open for application. It is expected that artisans from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and other countries will participate in the...

VITEBSK, 14 June (BelTA) – Trud-Vitebsk Company has launched the production of disposable underwear for medical institutions, BelTA learnt from the economy department of the Vitebsk City Hall. There are no large producers of such goods in Belarus at a time when consumption of such items in the national medical institutions is high. Trud-Vitebsk is taking part in the import-substitution program as a producer of medical products: one-use underwear and relevant accessories. In Q1 2012 the...

VITEBSK, 8 June (BelTA) – The Vitebsk customs house has gone the extra mile to increase the throughput for the duration of the European football championship 2012, representatives of the customs house told BelTA. In view of the football championship and a possible increase in passenger traffic measures have been taken to rule out queues of cars and tourist buses in the Vitebsk customs house responsibility area. In particular, personnel reserves have been set aside to increase the number of...

VERKHNEDVINSK, 6 June (BelTA) - Verkhnedvinsk Creamery has launched trial supplies of dry dematerialized whey to China, BelTA learnt from the director of the company Piotr Lavrinov. Thus, the company continues to work on diversification of markets. This year, the company won the tender and started shipping their products to the retail networks in Western Kazakhstan, in addition to the wholesalers. Negotiations are in progress with wholesale buyers from Azerbaijan, who show a strong interest...

VERKHNEDVINSK, 6 June (BelTA) – The highlight of the celebrations of the 125th birthday of Marc Chagall in Vitebsk will be the 22nd international Chagall readings, BelTA learnt from Director of the Marc Chagall Museum Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya. The scientific conference will take place in the museum on 9-10 June. Partaking in it will be art critics, historians and archivists from Russia, Belarus, Germany and Latvia. They will discuss issues related to the biography and creative work of Marc...