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DAUGAVPILS, April 25 (BelTA) – During business forum “Days of Vitebsk Oblast in Latgalia”, the Vitebsk-based Znamya Industrializatsii Company has been proposed to open its chain store in the Latvian town of Daugavpils, BelTA learnt from deputy director general of the company Stanislav Svirkovsky. The Vitebsk company produces coats and suits for men and women. At the Daugavpils exhibition, Znamya Industrializatsii presented Autumn-Winter 2009-2010 collection. The proposal to open the...

DAUGAVPILS, April 24 (BelTA) – Eleven agreements on cooperation and agreements on developing good neighbourly relations were signed at the business forum “Vitebsk Oblast Days in Latgale” on April 24, BelTA has learnt. Vitebsk and Daugavpils have signed a programme for implementing cooperation agreements. The business relations of the two cities will focus on developing trade and economic ties. In particular, the programme provides for supporting Vitebsk and Daugavpils businessmen in...

DAUGAVPILS, April 24 (BelTA) – The Vitebsk oblast and Latgale have a great cooperation potential, Rita Strode, chairperson of the Daugavpils City Council, said at a ceremony to open the business-forum “The Days of the Vitebsk oblast in Latgale” on April 24. Latgale businessmen have shown interest in some of the projects offered by Vitebsk companies. Setting up joint woodworking companies and selling furniture in the European market are one of them, the Mayor of Daugavpils said. “We...

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...