VITEBSK, 12 July (BelTA) – Alena Lanskaya from Belarus is currently leading after the first day of the Vitebsk 2011 Song Contest, BelTA has learned. The girl scored 89 points out of 90. Ukraine’s Vladimir Kvasnitsa and David Deil from Czech Republic are ranked second with 88 points each. Ruta from Lithuania landed third with 86 points. Dimitar Atanasov from Bulgaria, Alisher Karimov from Kazakstan, Christina Scarlat from Moldova, and Marie Carne from Russia scored 83 points each. The...

VITEBSK, 11 July (BelTA) – New week at the 20th International Arts Festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk starts with the Day of Ukrainian Culture, BelTA has learned. Ukraine will present a gala performance Ukrainian Souvenir. The concert will showcase cultural diversity of the country. Special attention will be given to the continuity of traditions. Partaking in the gala performance will be young Ukrainian singers, winners of various contests and TV shows Alexei Matias, Evgeniy Anishko, Anna...

VITEBSK, 11 July (BelTA) – Great vocal skills of participants of the Vitebsk 2011 Song Contest reaffirms the prestige and high status of the contest, First Deputy Culture Minister of Belarus Vladimir Karachevsky told BelTA after a ceremony of drawing lots of the Vitebsk 2011 Song Contest. Vladimir Karachevsky noted that this year the contestants are very strong. According to him, the 20th song competition will be a tough one. The history of the song contest shows that Yugoslavia is an...

VITEBSK, 11 July (BelTA) – A gala performance dedicated to the Union State Day at the 20th International Arts Festival Slavonic Bazaar took place on 10 July, BelTA has learned. Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Belarus-Russia Union State, Speaker of the State Duma of Russia Boris Gryzlov in his greeting called the Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk Festival a prestigious ground for the representatives of different cultures. He stressed that common culture and history of Belarusian and...

VITEBSK, 11 July (BelTA) – The Day of Belarusian Culture took place at the Slavonic Bazaar Arts Festival on 9 July, BelTA has learned. Dukhovskoy Kruglik Exhibition Hall featured an exhibition “Through History to the Present Day.” The Cinema House presented the Belarusian documentary “Bazaar Age.” The Vitebsk Concert Hall hosted exhibitions of contemporary art of Belarus, Latvia, Russia, and Ukraine. The main event of the Day of Belarusian Culture was a gala performance of...

VITEBSK, 8 July (BelTA) – About 550 media representatives have been accredited to cover the 20th International Arts Festival Slavonic Bazaar In Vitebsk, Deputy Information Minister of Belarus Alexander Slobodchuk said as he took part in opening the festival’s press center, BelTA has learned. The festival welcomed reporters from Belarus, Azerbaijan, Great Britain, Germany, Israel, China, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, the United States, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Estonia. “The...