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17 May 2011
VITEBSK, 17 May (BelTA) – An information and educational center “Russian Museum: Virtual Branch” opens in Polotsk on 17 May. Polotsk State University has become a partner of the Russian Museum, BelTA learnt from pro-rector for scientific work of the university Dmitry Glukhov.
The virtual branch of the Russian Museum will be opened at the place of the former Jesuit Collegium opened in 1581. Today it houses two departments – of history and philology, and IT. The primary goal of the...
16 May 2011
POLOTSK, 16 May (BelTA) – Polotsk has started preparations for its 1150th anniversary celebrations. Local officials have announced biddings for the concept and decorations of the festival, and a separate bidding for the emblem of next-year’s celebrations, BelTA learnt from the culture department of the Polotsk City Hall.
All three biddings are organized by the Polotsk City Hall. The local authorities want to find and encourage cultural initiatives and ingenious ides of celebrations.
The...
16 May 2011
VITEBSK, 16 May (BelTA) – Business circles from Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, Georgia, China will participate in the International Innovation Forum “Innovative business – investing into future”. The forum will be held in Vitebsk on 20-21 May, BelTA learned from Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Oleg Matskevich.
An exhibition of innovative projects designed by the companies of the region will feature over 150 exhibits...
12 May 2011
VITEBSK, 12 May (BelTA) – A museum complex dedicated to the Patriotic War of 1812 will be established in Vitebsk Oblast; historic and tourists routes along the battlefields will be developed, Director of the Vitebsk branch of the International Institute of Trade and Social Relations Professor Veniamin Kosmash said at an international conference “Belarus in the Patriotic War of 1812” which opened in Vitebsk on 12 May, BelTA has learnt.
The new museum might be located in the village of...
6 May 2011
VITEBSK, 6 May (BelTA) – There are plans to implement around 200 projects together with Russian investors in Vitebsk Oblast in the next two years, Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets told media on 6 May.
Cooperation with the Russian Federation is one of the strategic avenues of foreign trade and investment activity, said Alexander Kosinets. Russian investors intend to build a customs and logistics terminal at the border of the Customs Union with Latvia in...
6 May 2011
VITEBSK, 6 May (BelTA) – A Belarusian-Russian joint company of Grandiscar plans to start the construction of a special purpose vehicle plant in the Free Economic Zone Vitebsk in 2011, Director of the company Yuri Lyubimov told reporters.
Grandiscar is a resident of the FEZ Vitebsk. The investment project is designed to set up facilities to manufacture special purpose vehicles with the capacity of up to 5,000 vehicles a year on one of the FEZ sites. The volume of investments is expected to...