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4 June 2010
VITEBSK, 4 June (BelTA) – The plane of Patriarch Kirill has safely landed in Vitebsk on 4 June, BelTA has learnt.
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill came to Vitebsk from Karelia, after that he will travel to the Smolensk Oblast by car.
At the Vitebsk airport the Patriarch was welcomed by Smolensk Oblast Governor, representatives of Vitebsk and Orsha Eparchy and the local authorities of the Vitebsk Oblast. The Patriarch had a rest, after that he left for Katyn together with the...
2 June 2010
VITEBSK, 2 June (BelTA) – The practices of re-swamping of degraded bogs will be high on the agenda of an international workshop in the Dubrovno Region, Vitebsk Oblast on 4 June, ahead of the World Environment Day, which is marked on 5 June. The workshop, Re-swamping – an efficient tool to rehabilitate wetland ecosystems, restore flora and fauna species and to prevent peat fires, BelTA learnt from Aleksei Chistodarsky, an information officer of the UNDP/GEF projects .
The workshop has...
2 June 2010
VITEBSK, 2 June (BelTA) – The Vitebsk Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry will organize a training of Belarusian specialists in Germany beginning 2011, BelTA learned from Valery Butkevich, the director general of the Vitebsk office.
The education project is being implemented jointly with the German company Ronnecke Training. The education project includes seminars on project management, quality and efficient merchandising, tourist industry. The training program will...
1 June 2010
VITEBSK, 1 June (BelTA) – St Sophia Cathedral in Polotsk is closing for renovations, BelTA learnt from director of the Polotsk National History and Culture Preserve Olga Borodich.
A three-year project will include the replacement of the roof frame and windows. The project will be financed from the national budget.
The first stage, the replacement of the roof frame, will start in two weeks and last for the whole summer. The museum which is simultaneously a concert hall will be closed for...
28 May 2010
VITEBSK, 27 May (BelTA) – The Vitebsk Oblast beat the targets for industrial output growth, new small companies and jobs which were set out in the national comprehensive program to develop regions, small and medium-sized towns for 2007-2010, first deputy chairman of the economy committee of the oblast executive committee Svyatoslav Zarovsky told a session of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee.
The data for January-March 2010 included, the industrial growth across small towns increased...
28 May 2010
VITEBSK, 27 May (BelTA) – In January-April, the enterprises with foreign investment registered in the Vitebsk Oblast paid Br45.8 billion worth of taxes, almost two times more than in the same period a year before, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Vitebsk Oblast Inspectorate of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties of Belarus.
As of 1 May, some 214 enterprises with foreign investment operated in the Vitebsk Oblast. Over the year, their number rose by almost 10%. They generate about...