VITEBSK, 3 June (BelTA) - The final stage of the open international forum Slavonic Lyre 2014 has gathered around 100 participants from Belarus, Ukraine, Finland, the United Kingdom, and Russia. The forum is taking place in Polotsk on 3-4 June, BelTA learned from the Polotsk District Executive Committee. The names of the winners in the nominations “Literary Translation”, “Playwriting”, “Flash Fiction”, “Poetry. Urban Lyric Poetry”, and “Poetry. Open Theme” will be...
MINSK, 21 May (BelTA) – Belarusian Railways and Latvian Railways have signed an agreement on cooperation for electrifying the Polotsk-Daugavpils line, the press service of the Belarusian railroad operator told BelTA. The agreement provides for setting up a joint taskforce that will coordinate plans and schedules of the joint electrification of the railroad line, coordination of freight traffic and hauling options. In the future the taskforce will have to prepare action plans for each side...
VITEBSK, 15 May (BelTA) – The festival of medieval culture Rubon 2014 will take place in Polotsk on 23-25 May, BelTA learned from the Polotsk District Executive Committee. The festival of medieval culture will be held in the Year of Hospitality. It will feature the Belarusian national cuisine and museum ethnography. The event in Polotsk will include the culinary festival, theater adaptations with museum exhibits, historical reenactment of stages of development of Polotsk District. The...