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VITEBSK, 22 August (BelTA) - Restoration of the altar of the 12th-century Holy Transfiguration Church in Polotsk is complete, BelTA learnt from the Directorate of Capital Construction of the Polotsk City Hall, which has ordered the restoration project. The frescoes in the altar were revived back to the original form. Now restorers are working on the paintings in the northern and southern parts of the temple. The picturesque layers of the 19th century which were made during renovations in the...

VITEBSK, 19 August (BelTA) - Vitebskaviaservice plans to allocate ?17 million for the acquisition of five L-410 aircrafts and development of the relevant service center, BelTA learnt from Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Belarusian-Czech company Pavel Gorodnov. An agreement on intend to cooperate in the area was signed between Vitebskaviaservice and Czech Aircraft Industries a.s. at the Moscow international aviation and space industry salon MAKS 2011. In line with the agreement...

MINSK, 18 August (BelTA) – A big Czech company will invest around ?50 million in a project to build a transport and logistics center at Vitebsk Airport, the head of the department for strategic development, coordination and investment in transport systems of the Ministry of Transport and Communications Pavel Bozhanov, told a press conference. Pavel Bozhanov explained that the project stipulates the construction of warehouses, service area, creation of an air company at Vitebsk Airport and...

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...