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VITEBSK, 17 May (BelTA) – Polotsk, which was declared the cultural capital of Belarus in 2010, opens a series of two-week celebrations dedicated to the 1148th anniversary of the town, BelTA learnt from the ideological department of the Polotsk Town Executive Committee. The celebrations will start on International Museum Day. This day will be dedicated to the National History and Culture Museum Reserve of Polotsk. All the 11 museums affiliated with the museum reserve will prepare special...

VITEBSK, 14 May (BelTA) – Shadows of the past will fill the Jesuit collegium in Orsha on the Museum Night on 22 May, BelTA learned from representatives of the Orsha region history and culture museum complex. On this day all fans of history, magic, fantasy world and adventurs will be able to dive into mystical illusions. As they approach the collegium, visitors will be welcomed by shadows of the past – the White Lady, the Black Monk, soldiers of the Napoleon army, fantastic cat women,...

VITEBSK, 14 May (BelTA) – Belarus and Latvia can open passenger railway service in 2011, Transport and Communication Minister of Belarus Ivan Shcherbo told media on 14 May. In Vitebsk the minister attended a nationwide seminar on energy saving in the organizations of the Transport and Communication Ministry. “I cannot say that the train service will be opened next year precisely. We, jointly with our Latvian colleagues, have been working hard in this direction. The relevant instructions...

VITEBSK, 14 May (BelTA) – In January-April 2010, the Lepel Dairy Plant doubled export to $12.5 million, BelTA learned from Alexander Mikhailovsky, the director of the plant. The Lepel Dairy Plant exports about 70% of the total output. The main sales markets of the dairy are the Russian Federation and Venezuela. The plant exports around 50% of dried milk and butter to those countries. In the future, the Lepel Dairy Plant intends to increase supplies to Venezuela. In 2010, the plant is...

VITEBSK, 14 May (BelTA) – In H1 2010 Vitebsk enterprises should increase the industrial output growth rate up to 113%, Vitebsk Mayor Viktor Nikolaikin told the first session of the Vitebsk City Council of Deputies of the 26th convocation on 14 May. With this output growth rate Vitebsk enterprises will be able to hit the 24% annual output growth target that the Vitebsk oblast administration has set. They will also be able to raise salaries of their workers and fulfill the five-year task by...

VITEBSK, 13 May (BelTA) – Novopolotsk and the French canton of Chauffailles have agreed to share experience in self-governance and develop social and economic contacts. The relevant agreement on twin-town and friendly relations was signed by Chairman of the Novopolotsk town hall Natalia Kochanova and Mayor of Chauffailles, General Counsel of the Saone-et-Loire department Marie-Christine Bignon in Novopolotsk on 13 May, BelTA learnt from the ideology department of the Novopolotsk town hall....