Mostafa Mohamed Tarek Ebrahem (Egypt)
Tharsi Shanmuganathan (Great Britain)
Alsalami Rafeeq Masoud Almahdi (Libya)
Youssef Nassar (Lebanon)
Elias Cedric (Lebanon)
Maqtarah Ragi Ahmed Yahya (Yemen)
Muhtada Imad Abu Idris Hamed (Sudan)

Due to technical problems (Internet), the date of exams to be held on 12-13 August in the online system is postponed. The exact date of the exams will be announced shortly.

On July 3, 2020, a regular meeting of the chemical-pharmaceutical scientific and educational cluster of the EAEU and CIS countries was held via video link. The organizer of the meeting was St. Petersburg Chemical and Pharmaceutical University, the coordinator of the cluster. The agenda of the meeting was to make a decision on joining of new members to the cluster, to approve development program and solve organizational issues of the cluster.

As of the date of the meeting, the cluster included 12 institutions of higher medical and pharmaceutical education of the Russian Federation. On July 3, 2020, the cluster took in 4 new educational institutions - one each from the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Vitebsk State Order of Peoples’ Friendship Medical University will represent the Republic of Belarus in the chemical-pharmaceutical scientific and educational cluster. In total, cluster members involve 16 institutions of higher medical and pharmaceutical education of the EAEU and CIS countries.

Happy New Year to Sri Lankan students! This is a special holiday that gives hope for happiness and good luck, brings the joy of new endeavors. We wish you good health, happiness, mental stability, self-confidence and optimism!

May peace and tranquility, love and prosperity always prevail in your homes, and difficulties bypass you! We wish you success in your studies, vital luckiness and creative inspirations!

VSMU Administration

Dear Colleagues, In connection with coronavirus infection, the conference “Vitebsk Dermatological Day” (April 3, 2020) is postponed to another time (tentatively - September 11, 2020). The organizing committee of the conference regrets the impossibility of holding the event on time due to circumstances beyond our control. Additional information will be brought to your attention earliest in June. We thank you for your understanding and hope to meet you in Vitebsk in autumn.

Lukyanau A.M., Chief Dermatovenerologist of the Ministry
of Public Health of the Republic of Belarus
Adaskevich U.P., Chairman of Belarusian Society
of Dermatovenereologists and Cosmetologists

The first open competition of national cultures, creativity and beauty "Grace International" was held on March 4 in the "Vitebsk" concert hall. Representatives of Belarus, China, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan competed for the title of winner. All the girls are university students of the regional center. They had to reveal their talents in multifaceted manner. The girls were supposed to impress the jury with culinary abilities, having demonstrated the national food, oratory and creative inclinations.

The final part of the competition was divided into two stages. The first stage and the first competitive test was a national food. The girls were really able to surprise the competent jury with national culinary masterpieces. The second stage of the final competition included a public speaking contest, a creative competition and a fashion show competition in national costumes and wedding dresses.