MINSK, 13 August (BelTA) – The final ruling on the disputed oil stored in a section of the Polotsk-Ventspils oil pipeline will be pronounced by the Supreme Court of Latvia in October 2013, Vasily Drobotov, Director of the Belarusian company OAO Polotsktransneft Druzhba, told BelTA. The Supreme Court of Latvia’s ruling to lift arrest from the disputed process oil in the Latvian part of the oil pipeline Polotsk-Ventspils on 10 August does not mean the litigation in Latvian courts is over....

VITEBSK, 10 August (BelTA) - About a hundred facilities in the town of Glubokoye and Glubokoye District will undergo a facelift in the run-up to the Belarusian Written Language Day, BelTA learnt from Deputy Chairperson of the Glubokoye District Executive Committee, Galina Unukovich. A significant number of social facilities will be refurbished as part of preparations for the feast. The list includes the town culture center, I. Bujnitski culture center with a theater hall,...

ORSHA DISTRICT, 26 July (BelTA) – A joint exercise of the Belarusian and Russian Emergencies Ministries opened with an operational video conference, BelTA has learnt. Modern telecom solutions have been used to enable live communication between emergency response centers in Moscow, Minsk, Smolensk and the places that had suffered from man-caused disasters, according to the exercise scenario. Spokesman for the Emergencies Ministry of Belarus Vitaly Novitsky told BelTA it was the first time a...

VITEBSK, 25 July (BelTA) – Over 300 young people from six countries will come to Vitebsk to take part in the 10th Orthodox youth festival Hodegetria, BelTA learnt from the eparchial department for youth affairs of the Vitebsk-Orsha Eparchy. The festival will open on 31 July. Taking part in the forum will be young Orthodox believers from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Macedonia, and the USA. The concept of the festival is underpinned by a belief that creativity is a gift of God that...

MINSK, 20 July (BelTA) – Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk is a unique phenomenon in the Slavonic culture, a famous composer, People’s Artist of Russia, chairman of the jury of the 21st International Contest of Pop Singers Vitebsk 2012, Maxim Dunayevsky told the Belarus 1 TV channel. “At present, this is probably the most remarkable contest in the former Soviet Union republics and even in all Slavonic countries. Festivals that once opened many Slavonic stars stopped being large-scale events....

VITEBSK, 19 July (BelTA) – Mariam Bichoshvili from Georgia won the Grand Prix of the International Junior Song Contest Vitebsk 2012 held as part of the 21st International Arts Festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk, BelTA learnt. Mariam Bichoshvili was awarded $5,000, a special prize and a diploma. Alisher Zhaksybai from Kazakhstan was announced the first runner-up. He received $3,000, as well as a special prize and a diploma. The second position and $2,000 was shared between three...