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VITEBSK, May 20 (BelTA) – Scientists from Belarus, Russia, Poland, Sweden and Greece will discuss arterial hypertension. They will take part in the 5th international conference which will be held in the Vitebsk State Medical University on May 21-22, BelTA learnt from Vladislav Podpalov, head of the therapy department of the Vitebsk State Medical University. Attending the conference will be more than 500 experts including famous researchers, physicians and students of the Vitebsk State...

VITEBSK, May 18 (BelTA) – Students from Belarus, Poland and Latvia will participate in the Art-Session Contest which will be held in Vitebsk on May 21-23, BelTA learnt from the youth department of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. Taking part in the contest are students of art colleges and universities. The event is traditionally held in the Vitebsk Concert Hall. The contest includes seven sections: painting, graphic art, sculpture, applied and decorative arts, avant-garde,...

VITEBSK, May 13 (BelTA) – More than 300 athletes will take part in the National Athletics Student Games which will open in the Vitebsk Central Sports Centre on May 14, BelTA learnt from Yuri Nedosekov, state coach of the national athletics team in the Vitebsk oblast. Within three days, teams of twenty-three universities of the country will compete in more than twenty-three sports. Among them will be some strong athletes including participants of Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing Maria...

MINSK, May 8 (BelTA) – Belarus and Spain have coordinated the draft intergovernmental agreement on recuperation of Belarusian children in the Kingdom of Spain. The talks were held in the Department for Humanitarian Activity of the Property Management Directorate of the President of Belarus and involved officials of the Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Health and Social Policy of Spain and also the Embassy of Spain in Russia and Belarus (on concurrent), BelTA learnt from the head of the...

DAUGAVPILS, April 25 (BelTA) – During business forum “Days of Vitebsk Oblast in Latgalia”, the Vitebsk-based Znamya Industrializatsii Company has been proposed to open its chain store in the Latvian town of Daugavpils, BelTA learnt from deputy director general of the company Stanislav Svirkovsky. The Vitebsk company produces coats and suits for men and women. At the Daugavpils exhibition, Znamya Industrializatsii presented Autumn-Winter 2009-2010 collection. The proposal to open the...

DAUGAVPILS, April 24 (BelTA) – Eleven agreements on cooperation and agreements on developing good neighbourly relations were signed at the business forum “Vitebsk Oblast Days in Latgale” on April 24, BelTA has learnt. Vitebsk and Daugavpils have signed a programme for implementing cooperation agreements. The business relations of the two cities will focus on developing trade and economic ties. In particular, the programme provides for supporting Vitebsk and Daugavpils businessmen in...