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6 June 2011
VITEBSK, 6 June (BelTA) – An investment agreement worth $1.2 million and two cooperation agreements were signed at the forum in Postavy, BelTA learned from the Postavy District Executive Committee.
The investment agreement to refurbish Bishevsky homestead in the village Lyntupy, an architectural monument of the XIX century, is implemented by the Russian investor. Manor-park complex includes manor house, outbuildings, rubble bridge, park, chapel, three ponds. Within three years a recreation...
3 June 2011
VITEBSK, 3 June (BelTA) – An agreement on cooperation between the Vitebsk Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and the Chamber of Commerce of the city of Hai Phong was signed during a visit of a Vitebsk Oblast delegation to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in late May, BelTA learnt from general director of the BCCI Vitebsk Office Valery Budkevich.
The document will contribute to the development of good neighborly relations between the regions. It will also help...
2 June 2011
VITEBSK, 2 June (BelTA) – The International Biennale of Watercolor Painting “Vada + Farba” (Water + Color) will feature 200 works by 77 artists from 11 countries in Polotsk. The third exhibition will open at the Art Gallery of the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve on 3 June, the head of the gallery Larisa Lysenko told BelTA.
The museum-reserve and the Belarusian Union of Artists are the organizers of this project. The topic of the third biennale is “space of...
1 June 2011
VITEBSK, 1 June (BelTA) - In January-April this year small businesses of Vitebsk Oblast transferred almost Br220 billion in payments to the budget, up 25% from the same period in 2010, BelTA learnt from the press center of the Vitebsk Oblast Inspectorate of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties.
Oktyabrsky District of Vitebsk has contributed the largest to the budget, three times as more. Beshenkovichi District increased payments more than 2.5 times. Another five rural regions reported a 1.5 time...
31 May 2011
VITEBSK, 31 May (BelTA) – Lepel Dairy Factory together with a Russian investor will set up a joint enterprise to produce Cheddar cheese, BelTA learned from director of the company Alexander Mikhailovsky.
The investment project with the total cost of about ?1 million to launch the production of this semi-hard cheese with the capacity of 10 tonnes of cheese per day will be implemented in Tolochin. According to the preliminary data, each partner will hold 50% of the authorized fund. Necessary...
31 May 2011
VITEBSK, 31 May (BelTA) – The 14th international dulcimer and accordion music festival will take place in the Belarusian town of Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast on 3-5 June, BelTA learned from Galina Chaplinskaya, Head of the Ideology Department of the Postavy District Executive Committee.
The event will gather music bands and representatives of business circles from Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, China, Kazakhstan, Israel and Poland. The organizers expect around 800 guests.
The festival will begin...
