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VITEBSK, 19 October (BelTA) – More than 100 specialists in philology will participate in the 8th international research conference “Belarusian-Russian-Polish Comparative Linguistics and Literary Studies” which will be held in the Masherov State University of Vitebsk on 22-24 October, BelTA learnt from Professor Anna Mezenko, head of the general and Russian linguistics department of the Masherov State University. Attending the conference will be researchers from Belarus, Russia,...

VITEBSK, 15 October (BelTA) – Belarus needs to advertise benefits of its transport and logistics centers for investors more vigorously, Normunds Krumins, a representative of Logistikas Partneri SIA (Latvia), told BelTA. Normunds Krumins is taking part in the Vitebsk Business Forum. According to the Latvian businessman, the Belarusian legislation set up favourable conditions to develop this kind of business. Moreover, the European transport corridors Berlin-Moscow and Helsinki-Plovdiv are...

VITEBSK, 15 October (BelTA) – For the past ten years resident-companies of the Vitebsk Free Economic Zone have invested over $100 million in projects and created more than 8,000 jobs, Oleg Kondratovich, chief of the investment and foreign economy department of the FEZ Administration, told reporters at the exhibition organized by the Vitebsk Free Economic Zone. The event is held within the framework of the autumn business forum and is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Vitebsk Free...

VITEBSK, 15 October (BelTA) – On 15 October, companies of the Vitebsk oblast and businessmen of the Lodz voivodeship (Poland) signed three agreements on implementation of investment projects in the Vitebsk oblast, BelTA learnt from Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Oleg Matskevich. Investors showed their interest in production of pellets from straw and peat. The business project on construction of a plant to produce peat pellets was developed in line with the...

VITEBSK, 15 October (BelTA) – Representatives of 40 companies from Russia, Poland, Latvia and also diplomats have arrived in Vitebsk to attend the autumn investment forum. At the forum, companies of the Vitebsk oblast will present 140 investment projects, Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets noted during the opening of the business session. According to the Governor, Belarus has set up favourable conditions to develop the small-scale and private business....

VITEBSK, 6 October (BelTA) – The open joint-stock company Vitebsk Carpets is setting up a joint venture in Ukraine, BelTA learnt from deputy director general of the company Sergei Kolesnik. The Belarusian-Ukrainian joint venture is expected to produce more than 300,000 square meters of carpets per month. The new company will start operation in late 2009. The joint venture will help Vitebsk Carpets hold positions of the company on the Ukrainian market, Sergei Kolesnik is sure. The...