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VITEBSK, 5 December (BelTA) – In view of the forthcoming celebration of Christmas and New Year the Belarusian company Verkhnedvinsk Cheese and Butter Making Plant (Yan Syrodel trademark) has shipped the first batches of mozzarella and ricotta cheeses to retail chains, representatives of OAO Verkhnedvinsk Cheese and Butter Making Plant told BelTA. The new import-substituting food is made by the limited liability company Verkhny Lug, which had been in turn founded by Verkhnedvinsk Cheese and...

VITEBSK, 4 December (BelTA) – The effectiveness of using financial resources should become the most important guideline in the operation of all economic entities. The opinion was voiced by Ms Lyudmila Dobrynina, Chairwoman of the Budget and Finance Commission of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, as she commented on the declaration of the year 2013 the Year of Frugality in Belarus. All the enterprises and institutions regardless of whether they are private or state-run...

VITEBSK, 4 December (BelTA) – Orsha and Marupe Municipality of Latvia are establishing economic cooperation, BelTA learnt from Mr Oleg Smirnovsky, Deputy Chairman of the Orsha City Council. Representatives of Marupe Municipality are in Orsha on their first official visit. "We have had no business contacts before. We contacted the Consulate of Latvia in Vitebsk, and with their help reached to Marupe Municipality authorities and invited them on a business visit. Particular emphasis was...

VITEBSK, 29 November (BelTA) – The Belarusian town of Novopolotsk and Serbia’s Krusevac struck up a friendship following the Europa League match. The Serbian delegation is set to visit the Belarusian town soon to discuss cooperation prospects, BelTA learnt from chief of the ideology section of the Novopolotsk Town Executive Committee Yekaterina Baryshnikova. FC Naftan (Novopolotsk) played against Serbia’s FC Crvena Zvezda in the Europa League second qualifying round first leg match in...

VITESBK, 28 November (BelTA) - Distinguished musicians from Belarus, Russia, and Lithuania will gather for the 24th International Sollertinsky Music Festival in Vitebsk on 3-22 December, BelTA learnt from Ms Nelly Matsaberidze, the artistic director of the Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic. This year the classical music event will be dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Sollertinsky. The festival will open with a traditional concert of professors and best students of Vitebsk...

VITEBSK, 21 November (BelTA) – A Czech company intends to invest about $10 million into the establishment of a compact factory to process peat in Liozno District, Mr Ivan Lavrinovich, Chairman of the Liozno District Executive Committee, told Mr Alexander Yakobson, Chairman of the State Control Committee of Belarus, on 21 November. BelTA has learned that the project is scheduled to be implemented in 2013-2015 and provides for starting the small-scale production of peat substrates and peat...