Vitebsk has been named among the CIS most popular historical cities for tourists in 2016, BelTA learned from the analytics agency TurStat. TurStat analyzed the tours and data provided by regional travel agencies in order to compile the ranking. Almost each of the top 10 cities is situated in Central Asia and Transcaucasia: Turkestan, Taraz (Kazakhstan), Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva (Uzbekistan), Ganja (Azerbaijan), Gyumri (Armenia), Khujand (Tajikistan), and Mary (Turkmenistan). Vitebsk is...

The street art fest On Seven Winds will take place as part of the 26th international art festival, BelTA learned from the forum's director Alexander Sidorenko on 7 June. According to the source, a number of additional venues will be available apart from the main one — the Summer Amphitheater. Those include the Vitebsk Concert Hall, the Yakub Kolas Drama Theater, the local philharmonic as well as open-air stages. These venues will host as interesting events as those at the main venue,...

A delegation of China's Heihe has arrived in Novopolotsk on a visit, BelTA learned from the Novopolotsk Town Hall. "Interregional cooperation with Chinese towns and provinces is strengthening all over Belarus. Novopolotsk has already twinned with Chinese Weihai. Now we are expanding ties and have invited new potential partners from Heihe, the town with the population of two million. The delegation including six representatives of the administrative apparatus led by the secretary of the...

The strategic priority action plan on the development of Orsha District needs finalizing, Belarus Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said during the onsite session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers on the development of Orsha District on 23 May, BelTA has learned. The meeting considered the draft plan which comprised over 90 projects suggested for implementation in different areas. The prime minister instructed to finalize the document at the end of the meeting. The Belarusian...

The 14th National Environment Forum in Vitebsk will be co-located with the 6th International Economic Forum "Innovations. Investments. Prospects". The events will be held on 11 May, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk regional committee of natural resources and environment protection. Co-locating the two events will emphasize the priority of promoting the rational use of natural resources, attracting investment and implementing innovative technologies in order to facilitate a gradual...

Orsha District can become an example of how economy should be relaunched in the entire country, BelTA learned from First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vasily Matyushevsky during a working meeting in the Orsha District Executive Committee on 4 May. The official said: "We have good chances of submitting proposals on restarting the economy using Vitebsk Oblast and specifically its Orsha branch as an example. This experience can be spread onto the rest of the country later on. Today we...