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MINSK, 25 February (BelTA) – The 7th international festival of Christian cinema and television Magnificat 2011 will be held in Belarus in September, BelTA learnt from the Belarusian Roman Catholic Church. A conference of catholic bishops of Belarus made a decision to hold the movie forum in Minsk and Glubokoye on 6-10 September. According to one of the organizers of the festival, the last year showed that it made more sense to hold the festival in autumn, instead of summer. In 2010,...

VITEBSK, 24 February (BelTA) - In the Year of Enterprise the Marko footwear producer will be working to expand into the European footwear market, BelTA learnt from Nikolai Martynov, the director general of the company, member of the Council of the Republic of the National Republic of Belarus. “We are starting to participate in the Scandinavian exhibitions of footwear and accessories. The first exhibitions showed that there is a demand for our products there. Prospects are huge. We just...

VITEBSK, 23 February (BelTA) - Budget assignments for the construction of new engineering and transport infrastructure in new districts of Vitebsk Oblast was increased threefold in 2011 as compared with 2010, BelTA learnt from Vladimir Belous, the chairman of the committee for architecture and construction of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. Some Br380 billion was allocated from the budget on the construction of roads, communications, and transmission lines. These funds will be also...

VITEBSK, 17 February (BelTA) – The Vitebsk plant Stankoremont and German corporation AXA GmbH are planning to set up a joint company to manufacture machining centers with digital program controlling in Vitebsk, BelTA learnt from the director of the Vitebsk company Leonid Krivoshei. “We have reached an agreement with the German partners about setting up a joint company on the basis of our plant,” he said. Metal-working machines of such type are not manufactured in Belarus, although the...

VITEBSK, 17 February (BelTA) – In 2010 the export of Vitebsk Oblast (oil and oil products not included) rose 32% over 2009 to $1.5 billion, the import increased 18% to $1 billion. The foreign trade surplus totaled $500 million, Deputy Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Konstantin Cherny told a briefing to review the foreign economic activity of the region in 2010, BelTA has learnt. The growth of export is attributed to the increase in the supplies...

LIOZNO, 16 February (BelTA) – The Year of Enterprise will open vast opportunities for businessmen in Vitebsk Oblast, Vitebsk Oblast Governor Alexander Kosinets told BelTA on 16 February. In his view, Belarus’ efforts to promote private initiative and adoption of Directive No 4 will increase the number of people involved in SMEs in Vitebsk Oblast from 110,000 to 200,000 in 2015. The share of entrepreneurs in the gross regional output will rise from 7.8% to 15%. The oblast will make...