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9 June 2010
MINSK, 9 June (BelTA) – The Lukoml state district power plant has completed the upgrade of its four power-generating units, BelTA learnt from Vladimir Korduba, the chief engineer of the operations and dispatch department of the Belenergo state production association.
According to Vladimir Korduba, due to the upgrade, the plant will be able to save up to 1.5 tonnes of fuel equivalent on each unit daily. The capacity of the plant has increased significantly.
The modernization project was...
4 June 2010
VITEBSK, 4 June (BelTA) – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill blessed the forthcoming festivities in Polotsk timed to the 100th anniversary of translation of the relics of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk, First Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Vladimir Novatsky told reporters at the Vitebsk airport, BelTA has learnt.
According to Vladimir Novatsky, the Patriarch said that he is happy to come to Belarus and meet with believers and residents of Belarus. Despite the...
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...
