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VITEBSK, 24 October (BelTA) – A foreign investor has plans to produce biogas at Chashniki Distillery. The protocol of intent was signed by the Director of Chashniki Distillery and a representative of the foreign company Live Green Org Ngo, BelTA has learnt. The project is estimated at ?1.7 million. It provides for the construction of a biogas station operating on factory waste. The recycling of factory waste into biogas will allow preventing the emission of methane and polluting waste...

VITEBSK, 21 October (BelTA) – The first day of the business forum held in the Belarusian city of Vitebsk was productive, representatives of the Economy Committee of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee told BelTA. 21 October saw representatives of enterprises and local authorities of Vitebsk Oblast sign five protocols of intent and five agreements with foreign investors and companies. The foreign organization Live Green Org Ngo intends to implement a ?1.7 million project for industrial...

VITEBSK, 21 October (BelTA) – The investment forum “Innovative business – investment into the future” has revealed the potential of Vitebsk Oblast in many ways, Phan Huy Phuoc, Trade Counselor of the Embassy of Vietnam in Belarus, told BelTA on 21 October. “I’ve had an opportunity to take part in the investment forum in Vitebsk before. This time it features investment projects from enterprises, organizations and universities of the oblast that allow one to get familiar with the...

SMOLENSK, 21 October (BelTA) – The cooperation between the Smolensk and Vitebsk oblasts is mutually beneficial for the residents of both the regions, Smolensk Oblast Governor Sergei Antufiev said at a ceremony to sign an action plan on trade, economic, sci-tech, humanitarian and cultural cooperation between Smolensk Oblast of Russia and Vitebsk Oblast of Belarus for 2011-2012, BelTA has learnt. “It is obvious for Smolensk Oblast that the cooperation and close links between our regions...

VITEBSK, 21 October (BelTA) – The business forum in Vitebsk is an efficient form of business cooperation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Latvia Alexander Gerasimenko told BelTA on 21 October, BelTA has learnt. In his words, the business forum in Vitebsk boasts an excellent organization. It provides great opportunities to potential business partners to establish personal contacts. “This is the best way to forge new ties; after all, during a one-on-one...

SMOLENSK, 21 October (BelTA) – The Customs Union and the Single Economic Space will give a new impetus to economic contacts between Belarusian and Russian regions, Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets and Governor of Smolensk Oblast Sergey Antufyev told a press conference. The Customs Union and the SES have opened vast prospects for joint ventures, trade, cooperation in machine building, agriculture, said Alexander Kosinets. In his view, the trade between...