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Belarus takes stock of cultural heritage repatriation efforts in 2019-2020
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MINSK, 27 May (BelTA) – The commission on finding and returning cultural heritage and using it for scientific and cultural purposes at the Belarusian Culture Ministry convened on 27 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the Culture Ministry.
In 2019-2020, Belarus returned 56 books, 20 works by artists of Belarusian descent, one Slutsk belt, and two collections of documents and photos, received 10 digital copies of books and documents and seven photos of cultural property, found and repatriated more than 100 documents and 16 items that belonged to Belarusian museums. The most interesting items include three books from the library of the Chreptowicz family, three paintings by Ferdynand Ruszczyc, 50 books by Wladyslaw Syrokomla, the Brest Bible, and a sword of the 15th-16th centuries.
Kochanova meets with participants of Belarusian-Russian Youth Forum
MINSK, 15 December (BelTA) – Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of Belarus National Assembly Natalya Kochanova met with participants of the 8th edition of the Belarusian-Russian Youth Forum in Minsk on 15 December, BelTA has learned.
“I am sincerely happy to welcome you to the Council of the Republic. I think you have seen the exhibition that we put up this year and got some idea of what the Council of the Republic does. First of all, I want to thank you for this wonderful initiative, which began in 2013. Since then, youth forums have gathered young people of Belarus and Russia,” Natalya Kochanova noted. “The year we had to make some adjustments. The forum has taken place in two stages: the first one - online, the second - in the face-to-face format. This is a wonderful dialogue platform, which allows us to develop new approaches, to consider the issues that are most important for young people of
Forum of Belarusian, Russian universities underway in Minsk
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MINSK, 14 December (BelTA) – The second forum of the Association of Universities of Belarus and Russia is running at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (BSUIR) in Minsk, BelTA has learned.
The forum has brought together more than 80 Belarusian and Russian universities. It is a hybrid event: 30 rectors are attending events at BSUIR in person, while heads of Russian universities have joined the forum via videoconferencing. Plans are in place to discuss the key issues of cooperation in education and science between universities of the two countries, modern challenges, and areas of further development of Belarus-Russia ties in education and science.