| 27.08.2008 |
| A culinary and ethnographic festival “The gifts of woods” will be held in the Rossony region of the Vitebsk oblast on August 30. Attending the festival will be participants of the international biking tour of solidarity with tourist Belarus, BelTA learnt from the public association “Agro- and ecotourism.”
Taking part in the festival will be the best culinary experts of the region. The guests will be able to try most delicious dishes made from mushrooms and berries as well as herbal teas, take part in the master classes, watch the performance of folk groups and have a good time. |
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| 22.08.2008 |
| The Vitebsk oblast is finishing the harvest campaign. Only 16% of the area under grain crops and leguminous plants remains to be harvested, BelTA learnt from deputy head of the agriculture and foodstuffs department of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee Nikolai Olenich.
As of August 22, almost 970 thousand tonnes of grain have been cropped. Yesterday’s heavy rain slowed down the harvest campaign, though the mark of one million tonnes will be passed within the next few days, Nikolai Olenich said. |
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| 16.08.2008 |
| In 2008-2010, the Vitebsk oblast of Belarus intends to invest about Br1 trillion in the construction branch, BelTA learnt in the committee for construction and architecture of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee.
The funds will be assigned for modernization and technical upgrading of construction companies. In line with the programme of the development of the regional construction branch for 2008-2010, the funding will be carried out at the expense of equity capital of the construction companies, innovation funds of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee and the Ministry of Architecture and Construction of Belarus, loans. |
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| 13.08.2008 |
| In H1 2008, up 2.7 thousand cardiac surgeries were performed in Belarus, BelTA learnt from Alexander Mrochek, the chief cardiologist of the Health Ministry of Belarus, director of the republican scientific practical centre Cardiology.
According to him, the Cardiology centre alone performed 2 thousand surgeries in H1 2008. During the same period of 2008, Belarusian surgeons performed 509 coronary artery bypass graft surgeries. |
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| 08.08.2008 |
| The concert which will be held in the Sophia Cathedral of Polotsk on September 21 will continue the season of the German organ music in Belarus. The musical project is being carried out under the auspices of the German Embassy in Belarus.
As BelTA learnt in the German diplomatic mission, the musical compositions created by Johann Sebastian Bach, Max Reger and Dietrich Buxtehude will be presented at the concert with the participation of Kseniya Pogorelaya. |
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| 07.08.2008 |
| In January-July the Lukoml state district power plant (Vitebsk oblast) produced 8,049 billion kWh of electrical power, up 9% from the same period last year, BelTA was told at the plant.
As a rule, the capacity utilization peaks in summer and the Lukoml plant produces around 60% of the total electrical power generated in the country during this season. In July this year the average load per unit reached 253. |
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| 23.07.2008 |
| A delegation of the Glubokoye region, the Vitebsk oblast, has arrived in Murmansk to consider the prospects of creating joint manufactures. The delegation has comprised Chairman of the Glubokoye regional council of deputies Alexander Kolbasich, General Director of the Glubokoye Tinned Food Factory Leonid Barilo, Director of the Glubokoye Concentrated Milk Factory Valery Dulinsky, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Murmansk oblast government. |
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| 18.07.2008 |
| The finale to the 17th international arts festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk will take place on the solemn closing ceremony on July 18.
The organizers of the festival told BelTA that the ceremony will be held on the stage of the summer amphitheater. Participating in the concert will be Belarusian and Russian singers. Among them are Boris Moiseev, Sergei Lazarev, Vladimir Presnyakov and Natalia Podolskaya, “Samotsvety”, “Blestyashchie”, “Chelsea”, Yadviga Poplavskaya and Alexander Tikhanovich, art-group “Belarusy”. |
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| 17.07.2008 |
| The Day of Moscow will close the themed cultural programme of the 17th international arts festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk on July 17, BelTA learnt from the festival directorate.
The Day of Moscow will feature a gala concert of Moscow artistes titled “Moscow playbill” which will be held in the summer amphitheatre. Participating in the concert will be Igor Nikolayev, Felix Tsarikati, Sergei Lazarev, Yulia Nachalova, Alla Dukhova’s ballet “Todes”, Nikolai Chelnokov’s circus, music bands “Gorod 312”, “TOKIO”, “Respublica” and others. |
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| 14.07.2008 |
| Vitebsk should become the capital of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, State Secretary of the Union State Pavel Borodin said at a press conference that opened the Union State Day at the 17th international arts festival Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk on July 13.
The Union State Day has been held at the festival since 2003 and became an integral part of the programme of the Slavonic forum. There is no wonder it became traditional– every year the Union State allocates about $1 million for the organization of the festival. |
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