Handicraft, ritual, doll, theatrical and other folk traditions will be displayed at the Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk by masters from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Slovakia, BelTA learnt from the Vitebsk Oblast Arts and Crafts Center. The street program of the festival will include a demonstration of a wide range of arts and crafts, performances by actors, ensembles and musicians at a number of the venues in the city center. The traditional arts and crafts fair The Town of...

Vitebsk Oblast will make a noticeable contribution to the implementation of the Chinese concept of the new Silk Road. The statement was made by Vitebsk Oblast Governor Nikolai Sherstnev during the meeting of the heads of the administrations of the two regions during the Belarusian-Chinese interregional business forum in Minsk, BelTA has learned. According to Heilongjiang Province Governor Lu Hao, the concept has been in development for two years. Vitebsk Oblast recently received...

Vitebsk Oblast is interested in attracting China’s direct investment in energy, logistics, construction, pharmacy and IT, said Alexander Tikhonov, deputy head of the investment department at the Vitebsk Oblast economic committee. Currently there are no projects implemented with China’s direct investments in the oblast. However, there is a whole package of proposals on cooperation. A big project to set up an industrial and logistics park at the FEZ Vitebsk in Orsha District is...

Belarus and Russia’s Rostov Oblast have signed a protocol on developing cooperation in 2015-2016. The document was inked by Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Anatoly Kalinin and Rostov Oblast Governor Vasily Golubev during the session of the working group on Belarus-Rostov Oblast cooperation in Rostov-on-Don on 27 April, the press service of the Embassy of Belarus in Russia told BelTA. In particular, the protocol provides for more active cooperation in various areas, including economy,...

Latvia is one of the ten states, the enterprises of which are major trading partners of Vitebsk Oblast, Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Oleg Matskevich said at a meeting of twin towns and partners of Belarus and Latvia, BelTA has learned. Oleg Matskevich noted that three Belarusian-Latvian meetings were already held, and two of them were hosted by Vitebsk Oblast. According to him, this is further evidence that the two regions of Belarus and Latvia maintain...

Pskov-based Stimul plans to open a public catering network Fast and Tasty in Vitebsk. It is one of the agreements reached during a business matchmaking session held as part of the international forum Innovations. Investments. Prospects held in Vitebsk, BelTA learnt from Director of the Vitebsk Oblast Marketing Center Irina Makarenko. The producer of natural juice suggested opening a public catering network in Vitebsk to use the company’s ready-to-cook food. The parties are expected to...