The twinning agreements between Vitebsk and the Slovak city of Kosice and also between Vitebsk District and the Slovak town of Holic are to be signed during the Belarusian-Slovak Business Forum. The event is due in Vitebsk on 8-10 July, BelTA learned from the Honorary Consul of the Slovak Republic in the Republic of Belarus Alexei Sychev. The institutions of higher education in Kosice and Vitebsk are also set to sign cooperation agreements. More than 50 Slovak companies have...

Belarus will sell buses and trolleybuses to the Russian city of Ivanovo and will also help modernize the city’s lifts. The promising avenues of bilateral cooperation were determined at the meeting of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Igor Petrishenko and Ivanovo Mayor Alexei Khokhlov on 25 June, the Embassy’s press service told BelTA. Igor Petrishenko and Alexei Khokhlov discussed Belarus-Ivanovo relations in industrial manufacturing, trade, and social...

The opening of the star of People’s Artist of Azerbaijan Polad Bulbuloglu on the Walk of Fame in Vitebsk will help enhance friendship and cultural ties between Belarus and Azerbaijan. The statement was made by Polad Bulbuloglu, BelTA has learned. This year Polad Bulbuloglu will head the international jury of the pop song contest Vitebsk 2015 at the 24th International Festival of Arts Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk and will get a special award. “I am grateful for the recognition of my...

Vitebsk is ready to host the 24th edition of the international art festival Slavonic Bazaar scheduled for 9-13 July, director of the festival Alexander Sidorenko said at a press conference in Moscow on 10 June, BelTA has learned. “Almost everything is ready. The program of the festival is complete. Ticket sale is going at full speed,” Alexander Sidorenko noted. The main program of the festival features 95 events, including 18 concerts to be held on the stage of the Summer...

The investment opportunities of the northern region of Belarus will be presented during the Days of Vitebsk Oblast at Expo Milano 2015, BelTA learned from the economy committee at the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. The Days of Vitebsk Oblast will be held from 9 till 11 June. The opening ceremony will feature presentations of the Belarusian region and its investment opportunities, screenings of films about the cities of Vitebsk, Polotsk, and Orsha and the advantages of doing...

Scientists from 10 countries will gather in Vitebsk to discuss the prospects of using advanced engineering and functional materials, BelTA learnt from the Institute of Applied Acoustics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. The international symposium, Promising Materials and Technology, will gather in Vitebsk over 130 participants from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, the Czech Republic, Portugal, Vietnam and the Republic of Korea on 27-29 May....