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VITEBSK, 30 June (BelTA) – A ceremony of re-interring the remains of 26 Red Army soldiers killed during the Great Patriotic War will be held in Beshenkovichi on 1 July, BelTA learnt from the ideology department of the regional executive committee. Attending the ceremony will be relatives of one of the soldiers whose remains were identified. The remains of the soldiers were found by servicemen of the 52nd special search battalion during search operations in the region. The identity of...

VITEBSK, 9 June (BelTA) – In January-May 2010, the Vitebsk bioplant’s profits made up Br1.5 billion, or up 9 times as against the same period last year, BelTA learned from the plant. The plant has increased profits owing to the innovation project which is being implemented according to the state program on development of veterinary preparations production facilities. In line with the project, the plant will construct a manufacturing building (18.7 thousand square meters), purchase of...

VITEBSK, 28 June (BelTA) – More than 60 roadside facilities will be put into operation in the Vitebsk Oblast this year, BelTA learnt from the transport and communications department of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee. January-May saw the commissioning of 7 facilities, including 3 filling stations and four cafes. Other facilities are scheduled to come on stream in third or fourth quarters. The investors are individual entrepreneurs, private companies and regional consumers’...

MINSK, 28 June (BelTA) – In January-May the Vitebsk fruit and vegetable cannery exported products worth $229,000, or 3.5 times up from the same period a year earlier, BelTA learnt from the director of the company Rostislav Goshko. According to the preliminary estimates, the H1 export will exceed $320,000. The company exports canned baby food and semi-finished carrot puree in aseptic packaging. The main sale market is the Russian Federation (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kostroma and Tver). An...

VITEBSK, 25 June (BelTA) – Around 5, 000 artistes from 34 countries will take part in the 19th Slavonic Bazaar International Festival which will be held in Belarusian Vitebsk. Representatives of Montenegro, Panama and Cuba will participate in the festival for the first time, Festival Director Rodion Bass told a press conference on 24 June, BelTA has learnt. According to Rodion Bass, the Vitebsk Festival 2010 will include 70 creative projects, involve 16 stages of the city. Some 19...

VITEBSK, 25 June (BelTA) – Over 40 illegal migrants have been uncovered during the Nelegal operation at the Belarusian-Russian border held by the joint law-enforcement bodies of the Pskov and Vitebsk Oblasts in May 2010, head of the department for the Pskov Oblast of the Federal Migration Service of Russia Alexander Paramonov told media on 24 June. He took part in a working meeting of the heads of the migration services of the Pskov and Vitebsk Oblasts in Vitebsk on 24 June, BelTA has...