VITEBSK, 27 April (BelTA) – The amount of medical services provided to foreigners in Vitebsk Oblast increased by 76% in Q1 2012 as against the same time last year, BelTA learnt from the healthcare department of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. In Q1 2012 the medical tourism brought $247,600 to the oblast’s budget. According to the specialists, the rise in medical service to foreigners was attributed to a strong material base of the oblast medical establishments and high...

VITEBSK, 26 April (BelTA) – Georgian composer and singer Jemal Sepiashvili will head the jury of the international children’s music contest Vitebsk 2012, representatives of the Directorate of the art festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk told BelTA. Jemal Sepiashvili is an honored art worker of Georgia, a laureate of the State Award in Georgia, a public figure. His works express an inseparable connection with origins of the Georgian national music. The composer pays a lot of attention to...

MINSK, 20 April (BelTA) – Braslav District of Belarus and Rapla County of Estonia have signed an agreement on establishing twining relations. A delegation of Rapla County led by the Rapla Mayor is on a visit to Braslav on 17-21 April. The delegation includes representatives of local authorities, cultural figures and businessmen, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry. The agreement envisages running joint projects in economy, culture, and tourism. The...

VITEBSK, 19 April (BelTA) – The jury of the 21st international pop song contest Vitebsk 2012 will be headed by Maxim Dunayevsky, a composer, a People’s Artist of Russia, the official website of the festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk reads. Maxim Dunayevsky has written songs for Mikhail Boyarsky, Nikolai Karachentsev, Pavel Smeyan, Tatiana Bulanova. He has written music for over 30 movies. He was the host of an operetta program broadcast by the Russian TV channel Kultura. He was a member...

MINSK, 17 April (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko heard out a report from Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets on 17 April, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA. The governor informed the president about the social and economic development of Vitebsk Oblast in Q1 2012 and the progress of the spring sowing campaign. Alexander Kosinets said virtually all the forecast goals had been achieved. The growth rate of the gross...

VITEBSK, 11 April (BelTA) - Collection of books and copies of the letters of Marc Chagall were donated to Vitebsk Masherov State University by the Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russia Abroad, BelTA has learnt. Collection includes 300 titles published in 2010-2011 on various subjects: history, religion, art, literature, philosophy, Russian language textbooks, works of contemporary authors such as Pilevich, Rubina, Ulitskaya, etc. During the official ceremony, the Deputy Director of the...