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MINSK, 8 November (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has backed the idea to set up a major leatherworking and fur enterprise based on the Vitebsk fur factory, the press service of the Belarusian head of state told BelTA after the government session held on 8 November to discuss the development of the leatherworking and footwear industries. BelTA has been told that the Vitebsk Oblast Governor had suggested inviting the footwear manufacturers Marko and Belwest to set up a...

SHARKOVSHCHINA, 8 November (BelTA) – Vitebsk Oblast is developing religious tourism, BelTA learnt from Vitebsk Oblast Governor Alexander Kosinets who took part in the inauguration ceremony of the Sharkovshchina central regional hospital. In his words, attention of the authorities to the beautification of the towns and religious facilities has raised the interest among tourists. “A number of pilgrims has recently increased. They wish to see the Monastery of the Holy Dormition and the...

VITEBSK, 6 November (BelTA) - Vitebsk Oblast will present five investment projects at Belarus Investment Forum, BelTA learnt from First Deputy Head of the Economy Committee of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Natalia Sultanovich. These include a wind farm project in Liozno District, the construction of the Orsha hydro power plant (by the Vitebsk electricity unitary enterprise Vitebskenergo). Vityas will present the project to create high-tech manufactures of television, medical and...

VITEBSK, 5 November (BelTA) – On 12 November Vitebsk will once again turn into the center of Latvian culture, BelTA learnt from the Vitebsk Cultural Center. A new stage in the cultural exchange will be the traditional November Days of Latvia in Vitebsk according to the project LLB-1-072 "Daugavpils and Vitebsk: Cultural Cooperation and Development” of the cross-border cooperation program “Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus”. The project organizers have planned a number of activities. On 12...

VITEBSK, 1 November (BelTA) – The international conference “History and Archaeology of Polotsk and the Polotsk Land” opened in Polotsk, BelTA learnt from Ms Tamara Dzhumantayeva, the Director of the National Polotsk Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve. The conference is dedicated to the 1150th anniversary of the first mention of Polotsk in chronicles and is the final event on the program of celebrations of 1150 years of Polotsk. Attending the conference are 50 scholars from Belarus,...

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...