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VITEBSK, 16 August (BelTA) – Orsha-based construction materials plant Orshastroimaterialy has shipped the first consignment of goods to Latvia, BelTA learned from the company. According to the agreement, the company delivered 14 wagons of cement blocks to the tune of ?54,000 to Riga. Within a few months the capital of Latvia will get about 500 cubic meters of Orsha construction materials. “Latvian partners do not have any complaints about our products. The schedule of deliveries is fully...

GRODNO, 16 August (BelTA) – Austrian Kronospan Holding LIMITED has started to build a wood processing plant in the town of Smorgon, Grodno Oblast, BelTA learned from the Economy Department of the Smorgon District Executive Committee. The $150 million investment project will be implemented within three years. To date the company started to construct administrative facilities in the Northern industrial zone of the district capital. The investor bought idle facilities and territories which...

VITEBSK, 15 August (BelTA) – Archeologists have found remains of the Bernardine monastery where Francysk Skaryna got primary education, BelTA learned from Denis Duk, head of the native and universal history department of the Polotsk State University, who was in charge of the archeological excavation project. According to the scientists, the renowned Belarusian scholar from Polotsk started learning Latin at the school in the Bernardine monastery. Up to the present the exact location of the...

POLOTSK, 15 August (BelTA) – The well preserved wooden sculpture of a pagan deity was found at the bottom of the Drissa River in Rossony District, Vitebsk Oblast. This is the first such discovery in Eastern Europe, BelTA learned from Denis Duk, head of the native and universal history department of the Polotsk State University. The unique sculpture was found by divers. At first no one believed that it could be a priceless archeological artifact. Only after divers had made photos and...

BRASLAV DISTRICT, 11 August (BelTA) –Tourism and agricultural industry should become priority avenues for Braslav District, chairman of the State Control Committee of Belarus Alexander Yakobson said as he met with the personnel of Mayak Braslavsky production cooperative on 11 August, BelTA has learned. Tourism industry in Braslav District should generate a considerable part of the gross regional product. In order to attract investors it is essential to develop the infrastructure, i.e. to...

MINSK, 9 August (BelTA) – The Braslav Lakes National Park and Vygonoshchanskoye Wildlife Reserve can qualify for the status of the wetland of international importance (Ramsar status), Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Belarus Anatoly Lis told a press conference. Specialists of the Ministry of Environment and the National Academy of Sciences have already prepared a letter of application to the Ramsar Bureau. All necessary prerequisites are in place for the reserve and...