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World Poetry Day 2013

21 Mar 2013

Every year on 21 March UNESCO celebrates World Poetry Day. A decision to proclaim 21 March as World Poetry Day was adopted during the UNESCO’s 30th session held in Paris in 1999.

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What was the first novel ever written on a word processor?

4 Mar 2013

Would best-selling novelist Len Deighton care to take a walk? It was 1968, and the IBM technician who serviced Deighton’s typewriters had just heard from Deighton’s personal assistant, Ms. Ellenor Handley, that she had been retyping chapter drafts for his book in progress dozens of times over.

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Events

The Way of Mercy

7 May 2024

The Way of Mercy exhibition is dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Belarusian Red Cross and to its activities.

Glory to the winners!

7 May 2024

The exhibition "Glory to the Winners!" is open for Victory Day (May 9) and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders.