Media personnel from 11 countries have been accredited to work at the 27th edition of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, BelTA learned from the Information Ministry.

This year 390 reporters from 126 mass media outlets applied for accreditation.

Among them are 97 people representing 64 foreign mass media outlets from 10 countries, including Russia, Ukraine, China, Israel, Armenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Serbia and the United States. The event will be covered by 129 Belarusian journalists representing 47 mass media outlets. Some 164 reporters from 15 Vitebsk-based mass media outlets will be on the ground.

The 27th edition of the International Festival of Arts Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk will be held from 12 to 16 July. Additional events are scheduled for 7-11 July and 17-18 July.

BELARUSIAN NEWS