The Belarusian-Slovak investment forum will be held in Vitebsk on 12-13 July, BelTA learned from Honorary Consul of the Slovak Republic in the Republic of Belarus Aleksei Sychev. The event is becoming traditional for Vitebsk. This year it is going to be more representative. Deputy Ministers for Foreign Affairs and of Culture of Slovakia are expected to attend, according to preliminary information. More than 30 Slovak companies that have been operating or eyeing the market of Vitebsk...

A Belarusian-Slovak joint enterprise to recycle waste electrical and electronic equipment will be set up in Orsha, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Slovakia to Belarus Jozef Migas told reporters in Vitebsk, BelTA has learned. Ambassador Jozef Migas is in Vitebsk for the 5th International Economic Forum Innovation. Investments. Prospects. "We are currently working on a specific project in Orsha - a joint venture to recycle waste electrical and electronic equipment. These...

The exhibition "The Price of Occupation" will open at the military museum of the Polotsk National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve on 9 May, BelTA learned from Sergey Kopyl, the head of the military museum. The exhibition marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War and Belarus' occupation by the Nazi invaders. The exhibition will feature the unique photos taken by the invaders in the occupied city of Polotsk, the documents that the occupation authorities...

Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Natalia Kochanova has held a session of the committee in charge of organizing the 25th international art festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk, the press service of the Belarus government told BelTA. During the session Natalia Kochanova said: "The festival means a lot for our country. Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk has become a symbol of Belarus. This year it will mark its 25th anniversary and we should organize the event properly." She also spoke in favor of...

Orsha school teachers will get an opportunity for on-the-job training and Chinese language courses in China. These are the results of the visit of the Chinese delegation to Orsha, BelTA learnt from head of the Orsha District Department of Education, Sport and Tourism Andrei Zagursky. Since 2014 Chinese language open classrooms have been run in three educational establishments of Orsha: secondary schools No.16 and No.3 and Gymnasium No.2. The courses are supported by the Institute of...

The Polish professional music ensemble Capella Cracoviensis will perform in Polotsk on 7 April to open the program of the 29th International Festival of Ancient and Contemporary Chamber Music, BelTA learned from Yelena Martynova, the head of the concert department at the Saint Sophia Cathedral. "The guests from Krakow will take part in the festival for the first time. Capella Cracoviensis is a Baroque ensemble comprising eminent musicians from Poland, the Netherlands, France, and...