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5 May 2011
VITEBSK, 5 May (BelTA) – About 300 weapons have been given away by Vitebsk Oblast residents during the Operation Arsenal, BelTA learnt from senior inspector of the permitting group of the law enforcement and crime prevention directorate of the Department of the Interior of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Sergei Galynya.
The Operation Arsenal was announced on 12 April. As of 3 May, local dwellers have voluntarily given away 90 registered weapons, 207 unregistered weapons, 12,400...
5 May 2011
VITEBSK, 5 May (BelTA) – In January-March the commodity export by FEZ Vitebsk resident companies rose by almost 21% over the same period of 2010 to $36.6 million, BelTA learnt form the FEZ administration.
The bulk of exports (over 95%) went to the CIS member states; Russia accounted for over 80% of the total exports. This year the resident companies dealt with partners from Germany, the USA, Austria, Lithuania and Latvia. The import amounted to $31.2 million, up 5.1% over Q1 2010. In Q1...
27 April 2011
VITEBSK, 27 April (BelTA) – The open joint-stock company Orsha Aircraft Repairs Plant has been registered as a resident company of the free economic zone Vitebsk. The company is the first one to be implementing an investment project at the new platform Yuzhnaya, representatives of the FEZ Vitebsk administration told BelTA.
Using the new status Orsha Aircraft Repairs Plant plans to channel over Br10 billion into a project to modernize its manufacturing facilities and create a new tool and...
25 April 2011
VITEBSK, 25 April (BelTA) – More than 140 athletes from Belarus, Lithuania, and Russia are set take part in the Shmyrev swimming memorial in Vitebsk on 26-28 April, BelTA learnt from the physical education, sports, and tourism department of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee.
Taking part in the competitions will be boys and girls born in 1997-1999. The winners will be awarded with cups, medals, and diplomas.
The Shmyrev memorial is organized by the physical education, sports, and...
22 April 2011
VITEBSK, 22 April (BelTA) - Jordanian Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Co PLC is now a co-founder of the Belarusian open joint-stock company BelVitunipharm along with the state. The work to set up the open joint-stock company via converting the state enterprise BelVitunipharm is over. The state registration of the new company took place on 21 April, BelTA learned from Mikhail Pavlyuchkov, Director of the Vitebskoblimushchestvo fund.
Jordanian Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Co PLC became a...
22 April 2011
VITEBSK, 22 April (BelTA) – Kraslava Municipality of Latvia is interested in joint investment projects with Vitebsk Oblast, Kraslava Mayor Gunars Upenieks said at the opening of the exhibition of Lithunian painters in Vitebsk on 21 April, BelTA has learned.
Cultural cooperation has always been a peculiar way to expand economic relations, Gunars Upenieks said. “Our businessmen are interested in various investment projects in Vitebsk Oblast and are ready to cooperate,” he stressed and...