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VITEBSK, 22 November (BelTA) – The 22nd Sollertinsky International Music Festival will open in Vitebsk on 2 December. The highlight of the festival will be a unique concert of soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Artistic Director of the Vitebsk Regional Philharmonic Nelly Matsaberidze told reporters on 22 November, BelTA has learnt. The program of the music forum features ten concerts, from symphonic music to ballet performances. “It is the first time the music festival...

KYIV, 22 November (BelTA) – Ukraine has already delivered half of the trial consignment of Venezuelan oil to the Mozyr oil refinery via the Odessa-Brody pipeline, BelTA learnt from the dispatching office of Ukrtransnafta. In line with the data provided by the Ukrainian company, as of 14.00, November 22nd, a total of 45,000 tonnes of oil have been delivered to the Mozyr refinery. The tanker carrying 80,000 tonnes of Venezuelan oil docked at the Yuznhy seaport (the Odessa Oblast) on 18...

VITEBSK, 22 November (BelTA) – A sports feat of Olympic medalists should not go unnoticed, Vice-President of the National Olympic Committee Gennady Alekseenko said at the opening ceremony of a stele featuring Vadim Devyatovsky’s Olympic medal of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the Alley of Olympic Glory in Vitebsk. Olympians are special people who exemplify selfless hard work to achieve a goal, and by their success they glorify their hometown and the country. “This is very hard work...

MINSK, 22 November (BelTA) - The Belwest company has opened over 30 chain stores in 28 cities of Russia this year, BelTA learnt from the Olga Klimenkova, economist of the company’s marketing department. Thus, now Belwest operates 72 chain stores in more than 50 Russian cities. This year Belwest stores have been opened in Yaroslavl, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Izhevsk, Ufa, Belgorod, Kursk, Tolyatti, Saransk. Next week the company opens its chain store in Orsk. According to Olga Klimenkova, the...

VITEBSK, 19 November (BelTA) – The Vitebsk Carpets company has started certifying its products in the European Union, BelTA learnt from Deputy Director General of the company Sergei Kolesnik. A European certificate will enable the company to boost exports and secure a foothold on the European market. At present, the company exports to Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and the Baltic states. The EU certificate will add new export destinations, like Romania and...

VITEBSK, 16 November (BelTA) – In January-September 2010 the export of companies and organizations of Vitebsk Oblast totaled $424.1 million (up by 37.6% on the same period 2009) BelTA learnt from the Economy Department of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. The import made up $421.3 million (up 27.5%). The oblast achieved a $2.8 million surplus in foreign trade (excluding the trade in oil and oil products). The residents of the Vitebsk Free Economic Zone accounted for 23% of the...