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DAUGAVPILS, April 23 (BelTA) – The Days of the Vitebsk oblast opened in Latgale, Latvia, on April 23. The business forum will last till April 25, BelTA learnt from Deputy Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee Konstantin Chernyi. Latgale is Latvia’s eastern part bordering on the Vitebsk oblast and maintaining close contacts with Belarus. It includes six regions with the centres of Balvi, Ludza, Rezekne, Preili, Kraslava and Daugavpils. Nearly 60...

VITEBSK, April 20 (BelTA) – The open joint-stock company Vitebsk Carpets has shipped the first batch of carpet products to Latvia, the company’s Deputy Director General for Commerce Sergei Kolesnik told BelTA. Until recently the Western Europe market has been closed for the Vitebsk company. The main market outlets were in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. However, the present economic situation across the globe has enabled the company to compete with famous European carpet makers because...

VITEBSK, April 20 (BelTA) – Vitebsk and Gelendzhik (Krasnodar krai, Russian Federation) signed a cooperation agreement on April 20. The sides also signed an action plan to the agreement, which provides for cooperation in trade, economy, culture, education, sport and tourism. The documents were signed by deputy chairman of the Vitebsk City Council Vladimir Yarovikov and head of the Gelendzhik town administration Viktor Khrestin. For example, industrial companies of Vitebsk and Gelendzhik...

VITEBSK, April 8 (BelTA) – Sportsmen from five countries will take part in the 5th national acrobatics tournament which will open in Vitebsk on April 10, BelTA learnt from Alexander Eroshevich, arbiter of the tournament. Within three days, more than 100 acrobats from Belarus, Russia, Poland, Lithuania and Moldova will compete in individual and collective events. The tournament will gather the strongest sportsmen of the countries-participants which consider the Vitebsk tournament as a...

MINSK, March 30 (BelTA) – The Postavy region of the Vitebsk oblast and Johvi Commune of Estonia have signed a cooperation agreement. The document provides for establishment of direct economic links between the enterprises, experience exchange in providing communal service and cooperation in the areas of culture, education and youth exchange, BelTA learnt from Consul General of Belarus to Tallinn Alexander Ostrovsky. The document was signed during the visit of a delegation of the Postavy...

VITEBSK, March 26 (BelTA) - The Days of the Vitebsk oblast will be held in the Latgale region of Latvia, BelTA learnt from deputy chair of the economy department of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Konstantin Chorny. The Latgale region of Latvia which borders on the Vitebsk oblast supports close contacts with Belarus. The region incorporates six administrative districts (Balvi, Ludza, Rezekne, Preili, Kraslava and Daugavpils). The Vitebsk delegation will visit the town of Daugavpils...