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30 July 2011
VITEBSK, 1 August (BelTA) – The Hodigitria Orthodox Youth Festival opened in Vitebsk on 31 July, BelTA learned from the event coordinator priest Alexander Kovalev.
Partaking in the festival are about 200 young people from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and Serbia. The festival includes various sports tournaments, games, creativity competitions, excursions, river cruises, spiritual talks, an orthodox ball, and workshops on bell ringing, belt plaiting, clay modeling. A confession and the Divine...
29 July 2011
VITEBSK, 29 July (BelTA) – Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordiuzha suggests assessing the training level of the military units that make up the CSTO’s rapid response forces. Nikolai Bordiuzha made the statement after getting familiar with the combat training system of the 103rd special operations brigade of the Belarusian army on 29 July, BelTA has learned.
The idea was discussed with the chief of the special operations forces of the...
29 July 2011
VITEBSK DISTRICT, 29 July (BelTA) – Members of the Permanent Council under the Collective Security Treaty Organization, top executives of the Secretariat and the CSTO United Staff highly praised the combat training system and achievements of the servicemen of the 103rd guards mobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Belarus. Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Nikolai Bordiuzha made the statement on 29 July, BelTA has learned.
Nikolai Bordiuzha also praised...
29 July 2011
VITEBSK, 29 July (BelTA) - More than 40 athletes from Vitebsk Oblast are preparing for the Summer Olympics 2012 in London, the deputy head of the Physical Education, Sport and Tourism Department of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Piotr Nemenenok told reporters.
Vitebsk may be represented at the Olympics in 15 sports. Six athletes have already qualified: Marina Domantsevich (marathon), Elena Matoshko (hammer throw), Maria Arzamasova (800 m), Alina Talai (100m hurdles), Natalia...
29 July 2011
VITEBSK, 29 July (BelTA) – The international camp Be-La-Rus opened near the Mound of Friendship in Verkhnedvinsk District, Vitebsk Oblast, on 28 July. It gathered 600 people, representatives of the oblast committee of the Belarusian Republican Youth Union (BRSM) told BelTA.
The 20th gathering of young Belarusians, Latvians and Russians will be dedicated to the Year of Russian Cosmonautics, the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s launch to outer space, and the 20th anniversary of the...
28 July 2011
VITEBSK, 28 July (BelTA) – Vitebsk will play host to the art festival for visually impaired people Light Your Star on 29 July, BelTA learned from the Belarusian association of visually impaired people BelTIZ.
Partaking in the festival will be 14 soloists and Stolitsa creative company of BelTIZ. All of them were winners of the festival marathon. Apart from BelTIZ amateur artists, partaking in the festival will be Irina Dorofeyeva, Iskui Abalyan, Piotr Yelfimov, Alexander Solodukha and many...
