Delegations of Swedish towns Tranas, Odeshog, Aneby, and Ydre are studying possibilities of cooperation with small towns of the Vitebsk oblast. The delegations are visiting towns Disna and Obol and agro-town Bocheikovo today, Disna mayor Olga Moroz told BelTA. In late 2007 as part of the complex programme for developing regions, small and medium urban settlements were twinned with Tranas and Odeshog, agro-town Bocheikovo — Aneby, the village of Perebrodye — Ydre. Now the sides have got...

For the first time a replica of the Victory Banner, the official symbol of the victory of the Soviet nation in the Great Patriotic War, will lead the solemn march of veterans, labour and educational collectives, and general public dedicated to the Victory Day in Vitebsk on May 9. It will be the main peculiarity of celebrating the 63rd anniversary of the victory in Vitebsk, said chairman of the oblast council of the public association of veterans Gennady Gerasimovich. The Victory Banner is...

Olga Khizhinkova from Vitebsk took the title “Miss Belarus 2008” at the 6th national beauty pageant in the Palace of Sports on May 2. The major prize for the most beautiful Belarusian is a 100-gramm white gold crown decorated with nearly 500 jewels. Apart from the title, an apartment in Minsk and the crown that is a challenge prize, the winner got the right to present Belarus at the international beauty pageants. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko who attended the event presented...

People of labour are the main wealth of the country, Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Vladimir Andreichenko said at an official ceremony of inscribing the winners of the 2007 labour competition on the Board of Honour. The modern-day requirements are conscientious work, initiative and creative approach to labour. It is these qualities that differentiate the best regions and companies from others, he noted. Nineteen winners were entered on the Board of Honour. Among them are...

The national gathering of volunteers of the movement of human trafficking prevention is expected to be held in Belarus in the near future, BelTA learnt from Natalia Zhak, the head of the project “Fight against human trafficking: Republic of Belarus” of the International Organization for Migration /IOM/. She is taking part in the seminar “Cooperation of the state, international and public organization in the field of human trafficking prevention” which opened in Vitebsk on April 16....

Athletes from five countries have met in Vitebsk for the fourth open national competitions Cosmonautics Cup on sports acrobatics and tumbling on April 11. Within the three days the participants of the tournament, almost 200 acrobats from Belarus, Russia, Poland, Lithuania and Hungary, will compete for 12 sets of awards in the single and team, BelTA learnt from the department for physical education, sports and tourism of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee. The Cosmonautics Cup will...