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ORSHA, 20 November (BelTA) - Orsha and Smolensk signed a cooperation agreement, BelTA learnt from Ms Elena Rusakova, the head of the ideology department of the Orsha Town Executive Committee. The two parties intend to develop relations in trade, scientific, technological, culture and education, sports, and medicine. The authorities of the two twin-towns intend to contribute to the establishment of direct contacts between enterprises and economic entities, develop options for mutually...

VITEBSK, 19 November (BelTA) – The joint project “Book Bridges” will connect Vitebsk and Pskov, BelTA learnt from the Deputy Director of the Vitebsk Lenin Regional Library Ms Tatiana Adamyan. The joint project “Book Bridges” are carried out by the Vitebsk Lenin Regional Library and the Pskov Regional All-Service Scientific Library under the cooperation agreement signed by the two institutions in 2010, with a view to promoting the mutual enrichment of cultures, developing the...

MINSK, 16 November (BelTA) - The Austrian company Bertsch is planning to build a heat power plant in Vitebsk which will run on local fuels, BelTA learnt from Mr Hubert Bertsch, Managing Director and Owner of Bertsch Holding GmbH., President of the Association of Industrialists of Austria. Mr Hubert Bertsch is in Minsk attending the 7th Belarus Investment Forum The Austrian company Bertsch and Belenergo signed a framework agreement on investment intentions in the energy sector. The investor...

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...