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VITEBSK, 5 March (BelTA) – The first Belarusian, a resident of Vitebsk Oblast, crossed the Belarus-Latvia border by taking advantage of the Belarus-Latvia small-scale traffic agreement, BelTA learnt from assistant to the head of the Polotsk border unit Denis Glebko. The resident of the village Bigosovo (Verkhnedvinsk District) was the first to cross the border on 3 March to visit his relatives in Kraslava where he was born. More than 70 people crossed the state border between Belarus and...

VITEBSK, 2 March (BelTA) – The Vitebsk culture center and the Latvian culture center in Daugavpils started to implement the joint project “Daugavpils and Vitebsk: cultural cooperation and development” under the Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus cross-border cooperation program. The presentation of the project was held in Vitebsk on 2 March, BelTA informs. “This project is a logical continuation of long-standing cultural relations between Vitebsk and Daugavpils and is to contribute to the...

VITEBSK, 29 February (BelTA) – The youth theater Koleso of the Vitebsk culture center has won the 9th International Masks Festival in Latvia, BelTA learnt from the center. Taking part in the festival in Daugavpils were teams from Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus. The Vitebsk theater received the first prize in the contest of team and individual masks for the Blue bird of Belarus performance in a la dell’arte style. Koleso was very popular among the participants of the festival and gave 6...

VITEBSK, 29 February (BelTA) – Rector of the Vitebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine (VSAVM) Anton Yatusevich has become Belarus’ first academician in veterinary of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (RAAS), BelTA learnt from the academy. Anton Yatusevich was named academician of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences at the annual general meeting of the academy. During the event he made a report on sanitation of livestock sector from infectious and parasitic animal...

VITEBSK, 22 February (BelTA) – Restoring technological chains between enterprises of Vitebsk and Moscow Oblasts will become one of the major cooperation areas between the two regions, Konstantin Cherny, Deputy Chairman of the Economic Committee, head of the investment policy and foreign economic department of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee, told the media. Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets held a meeting with Moscow Oblast Governor Boris Gromov...

MOSCOW, 20 February (BelTA) – Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets held a meeting with Moscow Oblast Governor Boris Gromov on 20 February. The sides expressed willingness to increase bilateral trade up to $1 billion in two years, BelTA informs. The sides agreed to create a special working group to achieve these goals, Alexander Kosinets told reporters. Besides, the two oblasts intend to conclude a cooperation agreement which will contribute to the growth of...