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VITEBSK, 3 August (BelTA) – Bikers from six countries will take part in a medieval show in Orsha on 8 August, BelTA learnt from Roman Catholic priest Valery Orsik of the Parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Orsha. Partaking in the event will be more than 50 bikers from Poland, Germany, Italy, Austria, Lithuania, Belarus as well as the Orsha Club of Historic Reconstruction and the youth of the town. The guests of the festival will watch a bike show, sing together with the participants...

MINSK, 30 July (BelTA) – The first train with Venezuelan oil is expected to arrive at the Belarusian oil refinery Naftan in the evening of 31 July, Naftan Deputy Director General Nikolai Kolbasenko told BelTA. Oil will be delivered in several phases within several days. Preparations are in progress to discharge oil into special containers. BelTA reported earlier that another batch of Venezuelan oil as large as 80,000 tonnes will be delivered to Belarus via Estonia. Delivered by the fifth...

MINSK, 29 July (BelTA) – The Novopolotsk-based LLK-Naftan company has plans to increase the output of new products up to 2,640 tonnes or 2.6 times compared to 2009, BelTA learnt from deputy director of the company Mikhail Babushkin. LLK-Naftan has made a scientific breakthrough in the domestic production of additives. The specialists of the company developed conceptually new additive components that became the basis for producing additive packages for existing and promising motor oils. The...

VITEBSK, 28 July (BelTA) – In January-June 2010, some 12,500 working places were created in Vitebsk Oblast, BelTA learned from Irina Matveeva, first deputy chair of the committee for labour, employment and social protection of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. For the past six months, the local authorities gave employment to 18,100 citizens including 11,900 men out of occupation. Professional training was organized for 2,100 people including 735 unemployed. Some 326 unemployed...

VITEBSK, 28 July (BelTA) – In January-June FEZ Vitebsk resident companies exported $60.5 million worth of goods, up 44% over the same period of last year, BelTA learned from the FEZ Vitebsk Administration. The CIS states accounted for more than 90% of the total export including the Russian Federation (over 80%). In January-June 2010 FEZ Vitebsk posted a surplus in foreign trade to the tune of $5.3 million. In the period under review, FEZ Vitebsk resident companies imported $55.2...

MINSK, 21 July (BelTA) – The Russian investors are implementing the projects on developing the tourist industry near the Braslav Lakes National Reserve in Belarus, BelTA learned from Viktor Yakovenko, director of the tourism department of the Belarus Ministry for Sport and Tourism. At present, the Russian investors are constructing a big tourist center near the Braslav Lakes National Reserve. Other projects are being developed in the region as well. According to Viktor Yakovenko, the...