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GORODOK, 2 September (BelTA) – Gorodok should become a satellite town of Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast Governor Alexander Kosinets said as he took part in a back-to-school ceremony at School No. 1 in Gorodok on 1 September, BelTA has learned. When Alexander Kosinets was later asked by BelTA to comment on his statement, he noted that the towns located within 30-40 kilometers from the oblast capital offer great conditions for recreation, tourism and sport. These opportunities should be used...

VITEBSK, 25 August (BelTA) – Polotsk Dairy Plant is set to start producing instant dry milk, BelTA learned from chief engineer of the company Mikhail Chernevich. The company is now studying technologies to make new products that are in great demand on the Russian market. “Instant products are easier to reconstitute,” the chief engineer said. He emphasized that having instant dry milk in its product portfolio the company expects to make additional profit on the Russian market, as...

MINSK, 18 August (BelTA) - The 10th edition of the international festival of Christian movies and TV programs Magnificat 2014 will take place in Minsk and Glubokoye on 24-28 August 2014. The festival will feature 43 movies from 16 countries, BelTA learnt from the Roman-Catholic Church of Belarus. The biggest number of films, 12, will be displayed by Russia. Belarus will present 10 pictures, with Poland bringing in seven. The forum will feature movies of Armenia, the UK, Georgia,...

KHABAROVSK, 14 August (BelTA-ITAR-TASS) – The authorities of Khabarovsk Krai have already discussed import substitution efforts with food companies in the wake of Russia’s ban on food imports from the West. About 30 types of hard cheeses will be supplied by Vitebsk and Russia’s Vologda; two types of soft cheeses will be produced by Pereyaslavl Dairy Factory, the leading dairy producer in the Far East, Deputy Premier-Agriculture and Food Minister of Khabarovsk Krai Alexander Yats...

VITEBSK, 5 August (BelTA) – The celebration to mark the 100th anniversary of the Roman Catholic Church in Vidzy, Braslav District (Vitebsk Oblast, will include a relay, a secular festival and a solemn service, Rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Priest Alfred told BelTA. The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Vidzy (the second largest Roman Catholic Church in Belarus, second only to the church in Budslav) will arrange three-day celebrations to mark...

MINSK, 29 July (BelTA) – In order to restore historical heraldic symbols and create new ones in some administrative and territorial units Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree to institute official emblems of these towns, BelTA learned from the presidential press service. The decree instituted the emblem of the Babinovichi agrotown, Liozno District, Vitebsk Oblast. In Grodno Oblast the document established emblems of the village of Lyubcha, Novogrudok District,...