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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...

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...

VITEBSK, 26 May (BelTA) – Art schools of Belarus, Russia, Latvia and Kazakhstan will exchange the experience in art education and will present the works of their students at the international Perspektiva 2010 exhibition in Vitebsk. The project has been organized by the Vitebsk city hall and Vitebsk museum of modern arts, BelTA learned from the director of the museum Valentina Kirillova. Five exhibition areas will be given to young talents from 28 May to 14 June. They will display more than...

MINSK, 27 May (BelTA) – A delegation of the Transport and Communication Ministry of Belarus takes part in an international transport forum, Transport and Innovations: Unleashing the Potential. The forum is held in Leipzig, Germany, on 26-28 May, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Transport and Communications Ministry of Belarus on 26 May. The Belarusian delegation is headed by Belarus’ Transport Minister Ivan Shcherbo. He is scheduled to attend the following sessions – Supply...

VITEBSK, 26 May (BelTA) – The Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk has organized a research conference for students. Participating in the conference were students, postgraduate students and professors of the Slavic Studies Institute of Regensburg University (Germany), BelTA learned from Ludmila Khmelnitskaya, the director of the museum. The program of the conference was developed taken into consideration Institute’s lectures on the Russian history (1918-1920) and the creative activity of the...

VITEBSK, 25 May (BelTA) – Belarusian goods need to have more exposure in the retail networks of Daugavpils, Latvia, chairman of the Daugavpils city duma Janis Lachplesis told BelTA. Janis Lachplesis is heading a delegation of Daugavpils during a visit to Vitebsk. “Vitebsk and Daugavpils have good relations in culture and tourism. We have been successfully implementing joint projects. Now it is time we started developing economic contacts,” the mayor said. A step toward such contacts...