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15 October 2009
VITEBSK, 15 October (BelTA) – For the past ten years resident-companies of the Vitebsk Free Economic Zone have invested over $100 million in projects and created more than 8,000 jobs, Oleg Kondratovich, chief of the investment and foreign economy department of the FEZ Administration, told reporters at the exhibition organized by the Vitebsk Free Economic Zone. The event is held within the framework of the autumn business forum and is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Vitebsk Free...
15 October 2009
VITEBSK, 15 October (BelTA) – On 15 October, companies of the Vitebsk oblast and businessmen of the Lodz voivodeship (Poland) signed three agreements on implementation of investment projects in the Vitebsk oblast, BelTA learnt from Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Oleg Matskevich.
Investors showed their interest in production of pellets from straw and peat. The business project on construction of a plant to produce peat pellets was developed in line with the...
15 October 2009
VITEBSK, 15 October (BelTA) – Representatives of 40 companies from Russia, Poland, Latvia and also diplomats have arrived in Vitebsk to attend the autumn investment forum. At the forum, companies of the Vitebsk oblast will present 140 investment projects, Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets noted during the opening of the business session.
According to the Governor, Belarus has set up favourable conditions to develop the small-scale and private business....
6 October 2009
VITEBSK, 6 October (BelTA) – The open joint-stock company Vitebsk Carpets is setting up a joint venture in Ukraine, BelTA learnt from deputy director general of the company Sergei Kolesnik.
The Belarusian-Ukrainian joint venture is expected to produce more than 300,000 square meters of carpets per month. The new company will start operation in late 2009. The joint venture will help Vitebsk Carpets hold positions of the company on the Ukrainian market, Sergei Kolesnik is sure.
The...
1 October 2009
VITEBSK, 30 September (BelTA) – The up-to-date methods of business organization, innovative solutions in the field of marketing and management will be presented at the 2nd international economic forum “Your Business” in Vitebsk on 29 October, BelTA learnt from Ludmila Prokofieva, director of the Vitebsk Oblast Marketing Center.
Taking part in the forum are expected to be businessmen and business organizations from Russia, Sweden, Poland and other countries. The main goal of the forum...
28 September 2009
VITEBSK, 28 September (BelTA) – The visit of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will end with his meeting with the youth in Vitebsk on 28 September, BelTA learnt from the Belarusian Exarchate.
His Holiness is expected to visit St Resurrection Church and St Dormition Cathedral in Vitebsk. Then the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church is going to meet with the youth in the Concert Hall. Nearly 2,000 young people will attend the meeting and 6,200 more will watch the Patriarch on big...
