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VITEBSK, 18 October (BelTA) – The Belarusian government has managed to preserve its economy in globalization conditions. The opinion was voiced by Mr Vladimir Menshikov, professor, Doctor of Sociology, Dean of the Social Sciences Department of the Daugavpils University, Latvia. Vladimir Menshikov took part in the international scientific and practical conference Social and Economic Development of Organizations and Regions in Belarus: Sustainability, Development, Innovations. The conference...

VITEBSK, 18 October (BelTA) – Belarus should step up the accession to the World Trade Organization, BelTA learned from Mr Alexander Luchenok, Doctor of Economy, department head of the Economy Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Alexander Luchenok took part in the international scientific and practical conference Social and Economic Development of Organizations and Regions in Belarus: Sustainability, Development, Innovations. The conference took place in the Vitebsk...

VITEBSK, 12 October (BelTA) – The EU technical assistance project “Neighbor's Road” will be implemented in Vitebsk Oblast. Members of the Vitebsk regional council of deputies passed a decision on its co-funding, BelTA has learnt. The project provides for the improvement of the road network infrastructure in the area of the Belarusian-Latvian border section, namely on the Kaplava-Plyusy roadway, Vice-Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Konstantin...

VITEBSK, 2 October (BelTA) – The automobile border checkpoint Grigorovshchina at the Belarusian-Latvian border will be re-opened to all kinds of traffic at 11:00 on 15 October, representatives of the Vitebsk Customs House told BelTA. The border checkpoint Grigorovshchina is located in Verkhnedvinsk District at the Belarusian-Latvian border. It was closed on 15 July 2012 for large-scale reconstruction. The first phase is expected to be commissioned on 15 October. As many as two exit lanes...

Minsk, 1 OCTOBER (BelTA) – A Russian investor is building a major complex in Miory District, Vitebsk Oblast that will combine functions of a hotel and a countryside club, BelTA learned from Igor Kuznetsov, Chairman of the Miory District Executive Committee. Titled as Country Club, the complex will have the capacity to welcome up to 150 people. It will be built in the village of Murashki. The Russian investor that has set up the company SOOO GidroMostBel in Belarus is building the hotel....

VITEBSK, 24 September (BelTA) – Representatives of the observation mission of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE ODIHR) positively evaluated the organization of the voting and the vote count in Sennensky election constituency No. 30, representatives of the electoral district commission told BelTA. On the elections day, 23 September OSCE ODIHR observers Claire Julian (Dublin, Ireland) and Olga Melnikova...