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VITEBSK, 26 May (BelTA) – In January-April 2011 the export of Postavy Dairy totaled almost $2 million or 78% up over the same period last year, BelTA learnt from the company. The main importers of the company’s products were Russia, Poland, and Germany. Postavy Dairy delivered 42 tonnes of butter and 91 tonnes of cheese to the Russian Federation. Some 119 and 40 tonnes of casein were shipped to Poland and Germany respectively. The forecast for May stands at $3 million or 39% up over the...

VITEBSK, 23 May (BelTA) – An international symposium “Prospective materials and technologies” will take place in Vitebsk Oblast on 25-26 May. Partaking in the forum will be experts from Belarus, Russia, Poland, China and South Korea, BelTA learned from the administration of the NASB Institute of Technical Acoustics in Vitebsk. The traditional scientific forum will bring together over 50 leading specialists and scientists from research centers and educational establishments. The...

MINSK, 23 May (BelTA) - Belenergo is preparing the documents on the Vitebsk hydropower plant to sign a credit agreement and get the approval from the Chinese lender bank, BelTA learnt from Belenergo Deputy Director General Mikhail Luzin. The Vitebsk 40MW hydropower plant is planned to be built on the Western Dvina River by 2015. This will replace about 42,000 tonnes of fuel equivalent per year, which is equivalent to Br35 billion. A contract with China National Electric Equipment...

VITEBSK, 20 May (BelTA) – Favorable conditions for the operation of foreign businessmen have been created in Belarus. The statement was made by Olga Kapacevic, Director of OW Plus (Czechia), a participant of the innovation and investment forum “Innovation business – investments in future” that took place in Vitebsk on 20 May. Belarusian and Czech companies and businessmen can cooperate in various spheres, however, manufacturing is the most effective one, the businesswoman was...

VITEBSK, 20 May (BelTA) – The free economic zone Vitebsk presented 12 projects worth over ?45 million at the international forum “Innovation business – investments in future”. The forum is scheduled to take place in Vitebsk on 20-21 May, BelTA learned from Ilona Terletskaya, Deputy Head of the Investments and Foreign Trade Department of the free economic zone Vitebsk. Investors were offered a project to start manufacturing LED products for lighting houses and structures in the FEZ...

VITEBSK, 20 May (BelTA) – German businessmen discuss the development of industrial cooperation at the international innovative and investment forum “Innovative business – investing into future” in Vitebsk, BelTA learned from Vladimir Avgustinsky, head of the German economic mission in Belarus. According to Vladimir Avgustinsky, the relations between Belarus and Germany are rather advanced. “Belarus and Germany have achieved a rather advanced level of economic relations. Germany is...