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VITEBSK, 16 November (BelTA) – Joint research and technological support for anatomy-related subjects will be the focus of cooperation between the Vitebsk State Medical University (VSMU) and medical universities from Moldova, Kazakhstan, Russia and Bulgaria, BelTA learnt from head of the VSMU anatomy faculty, Alexander Usovich M. D. Sci-tech cooperation agreements between Moldova State University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'N. Testemitsanu', Kazakhstan State Medical Academy - Astana and...

MINSK, 16 November (BelTA) – Naftan has launched the development program for 2010-2015. Its total cost is $1.396 million Alexei Vegera, deputy engineering manager of Naftan, said at an international oil refining conference in Minsk. Alexei Vegera said that the program consists of 26 investment projects, which can be divided into five blocks. The goal of the program is to increase the oil processing depth from 73% to 90% and the volume of oil refining output to 12 million tonnes a year. The...

MINSK, 10 November (BelTA) – The Vitebsk Free Economic Zone (FEZ Vitebsk) plans to present three projects worth over $72 million at the Belarus Investment and Economic Forum, BelTA learnt from head of the investment and foreign economic links department of the FEZ administration Oleg Kondratovich. All the investment proposals are associated with the use of new and advanced technologies. The FEZ administration expects to attract strategic investors to implement projects in the construction...

VITEBSK, 10 November (BelTA) – Participants of the interregional scientific and practical conference “Gifted children: discovering, teaching, developing” will discuss the ways to improve the work with gifted children. The conference will take place in Vitebsk on 11-12 November, BelTA learnt from the Vitebsk Oblast Institute of Education Development. Taking part in the conference will be more than 200 scientists, teachers, and methodologists from Belarus and specialists from St....

MINSK, 10 November (BelTA) – Belwest has certified its quality management system in compliance with the ISO 9001-2009 standard, BelTA learnt from Belwest on 9 November. Belwest’s previous quality management system was compliant with the ISO 9001-2001 standard. This year the company was able to recertify the quality management system to meet the previous standard but decided to introduce a new ISO 9001-2009 standard. “This standard is a bit different than the previous one, though the...

MINSK, 4 November (BelTA) - Web-based business registration and closing down will become available in Belarus starting 2010, Galina Podrezenok, Head of the United State Register of Corporations with the Belarusian Justice Ministry, told media on 4 November. After studying international practices the Justice Ministry has put together a draft decree designed to improve business operation in Belarus, she said. The draft decree has been forwarded for consideration of the government. In...