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Winter barley has been gathered from 92.8% of area, the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA. As of 19 July, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 160,600 hectares, which is 8.11% of the designated area. Winter barley was harvested from 142,100ha of land (92.8% of the harvested acreage), with 496,300 tonnes threshed (the average yield stood at 34.9 centners per hectare). Winter rapeseed for grain was gathered...

The Grand Prix of the International Song Contest Vitebsk went to Armenian singer Masha Mnjoyan. The award was presented to the winner on the stage of the Summer Amphitheater during the closing ceremony of the Slavianski Bazaar festival. The closing concert was co-located with the second competition day when young performers sang an international hit. The first prize went to Belarus' Samir Yolchiev. The second prize went to Elizaveta Slyshkina of Russia and Agape of Italy. The third place was...

The International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar has officially closed in Vitebsk, BelTA has learned. Small replicas of the hosts, amazing artists and a constellation of stars – that is how the audience will remember the closing gala concert of the Slavianski Bazaar festival. The participants of the International Pop Song Performers Contest Vitebsk sang on a fantastically decorated stage backed up by the show-ballet Sensation. Kudos to the directors of this unforgettable show who...

The true art of the festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk unites nations and states. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during the festival's opening ceremony on 13 July, BelTA has learned. According to the head of state, for a third of a century already the festival has been making the beautiful city upon the Dvina River a center of attraction for genuine talents and true connoisseurs of art. “We, Belarusians don't call Vitebsk a cultural capital for the sake of...

Rehearsals and stage equipment tests have started at the Summer Amphitheater, the main stage of the International Arts Festival Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk.

The second unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant has been connected to the grid. The phased increase in the capacity of the reactor is in progress, BelTA learned from the Energy Ministry.