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16 January 2012
MINSK, 16 January (BelTA) – Dubrovno District (Vitebsk Oblast) and Dnepropetrovsk District (Ukraine) signed an agreement on cooperation in the social, economic and cultural sectors, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Foreign Ministry.
The document was signed during a visit of the Belarusian delegation led by Chairman of the Dubrovno regional executive committee Anatoly Lukashov to Dnepropetrovsk Oblast. The Belarusian delegation paid a visit to a number of agricultural companies...
13 January 2012
VITEBSK, 13 January (BelTA) – In 2011 the Free Economic Zone Vitebsk (FEZ Vitebsk) registered 27 residents, BelTA learnt from FEZ Vitebsk.
Among new residents are eight foreign companies, three joint ventures and 16 firms with the Belarusian capital. The total amount of investment is $407.3 million. Investment projects envisage over 1,800 new jobs.
The majority of companies plan to export more than 70% of their products. The products of Natrix, Energokomplekt and Polimerkonstruktsya are...
10 January 2012
VITEBSK, 10 January (BelTA) – Glubokoye Milk Cannery is set to explore new sales markets in 2012, BelTA learnt from the company.
In H1 2012 the company has plans to ship a pilot lot of canned milk to the United States. The enterprise will deliver 21 tonnes of condensed milk to New York. The products are meant for immigrants from the former Soviet republics. The agreement on trial shipment of products has already been reached with an American partner; the contract will be signed in the...
9 January 2012
VITEBSK, 9 January (BelTA) – Shares of the Belarusian open joint-stock company Orsha Aircraft Overhaul Plant have been sold to strategic investors, namely the Belarusian company Innovations and Investment Systems and the Ukrainian company Motor Sich. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed the relevant ordinance on equity carve-out on 30 December 2011, BelTA learned from Vladimir Troitsky, Director of OAO Orsha Aircraft Overhaul Plant.
The government owns 99.2% of the shares in...
5 January 2012
MINSK, 5 January (BelTA) – One of Vitebsk streets might soon be named after Euphrosyne of Polotsk, BelTA learnt from head of the architecture and town planning department of the Vitebsk Town Executive Committee, chief architect, head of the city’s toponymic commission Vitaly Dubik.
This year Polotsk is celebrating its 1150th anniversary. Therefore, Vitebsk is considering naming a street in Zheleznodorozhny District in honor of Saint Euphrosyne. Saint Euphrosyne was an enlightener, one...
26 December 2011
VITEBSK, 26 December (BelTA) – A Russian investor is now the owner of the open joint-stock company Lepelpromshveimebel and intends to pour about $120,000 into the Belarusian enterprise within the next two years, BelTA learned from Vitaly Dmitriyev, Deputy Chairman of the Lepel District Executive Committee.
The Lepel District Executive Committee has sold a total of 238,820 shares to the Russian company for Br3.05 billion. The authorized fund of the Belarusian enterprise slightly exceeds Br1...