Region
24 May 2010
VITEBSK, 24 May (BelTA) – In January-April 2010 the residents of the free economic zone Vitebsk increased the payments to the budget more than two times to Br15.4 billion, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Vitebsk oblast inspectorate of the Ministry for Taxes and Duties.
In January-April the payments of the FEZ residents accounted for 1.4% in the consolidated budget revenue, up 0.9% as against the same months last year. 33 companies-FEZ residents are on the register on the...
24 May 2010
VITEBSK, 24 May (BelTA) – The 12th Dvina-Dzvina-Daugava International Festival of Children’s Arts will be held in the Verkhnedvinsk Region (Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus) on 30 May, BelTA learned from the Verkhnedvinsk Regional Executive Committee.
Taking part in the festival will be art groups from Russia, Latvia and Lithuania. Belarus will be represented by children’s art groups from Orsha, Lepel, Vitebsk, Polotsk, Novopolotsk, Miory, Sharkovshchina and Verkhnedvinsk regions. All in all,...
21 May 2010
BRASLAV, 21 May (BelTA) – Belarus is going to promote automobile races, Chairman of the Central Council of the DOSAAF association Major General Anatoly Stepuk said at the opening of the Slavonic Cup international rally in Braslav on 21 May, BelTA has learnt.
At present DOSAAF promotes 19 air-technical sports. Automobile races are among the most spectacular sports. The holding of an international race in Braslav is a remarkable event for the national automobile sport. The race is included...
21 May 2010
POLOTSK, 21 May (BelTA) – A chapel memorial to the 1812 War heroes was solemnly unveiled in Polotsk on 21 May, BelTA has learnt.
“The restoration and opening of 1812 War Memorial is a great event for the peoples of Belarus and Russia. It shows we are not going to rewrite our common history. It is time to restore the monuments and strengthen the links between the two nations,” PA Deputy Chairman, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia Alexander Babakov said...
20 May 2010
MINSK, 20 May (BelTA) – The 32nd session of the Interbank Currency Council of the Central Banks of Belarus and Russia will take place in Vitebsk on 21-22 May, BelTA learned from the information department of the National Bank of Belarus.
Partaking in the session will be Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus Piotr Prokopovich, Chairman of the Bank of Russia Sergei Ignatyev, other members of the central banks of the two countries.
The participants of the session will take...
19 May 2010
VITEBSK, 19 May (BelTA) – The agreement between employers’ associations of the Vitebsk Oblast and the Kaluga Oblast (Russian Federation) will help the regional companies develop investment cooperation and implement joint projects, Sergei Potekhin, Director General of the Kaluga Association of Industrialists and Businessmen, told reporters in Vitebsk.
A number of companies of the Belarusian and Russian regions have already established cooperation in the energy-saving area. The signed...