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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...

VITEBSK, March 26 (BelTA) – The Administration of the Vitebsk Free Economic Zone intends to hold a business forum in the Wielkopolska region (Poznan, Poland) in summer 2009, BelTA learnt from Oleg Kondratovich, head of the investments, foreign and economic ties department of the Administration of the Vitebsk Free Economic Zone. The joint Belarusian-Polish forum will be held in line with the cooperation agreement signed by the Vitebsk Free Economic Zone and the Polish company DAZIN sp....

VITEBSK, March 25 (BelTA) – A Latvian investor intends to restore a mansion house of the Svyatskies family and set up a cultural and business centre in the Senno region of the Vitebsk oblast. The protocol of intent has been signed between the Senno Regional Executive Committee and the BelFutures foreign company, BelTA learnt from Chair of the Senno Regional Executive Committee Eduard Gerasimenko. The mansion house of the Svyatskies – rich noblemen – was located in the village of...

VITEBSK, March 23 (BelTA) – Latvian businessmen suggest participation in projects outlined by the EU transnational cooperation programme Baltic Sea Region to Vitebsk companies, BelTA learnt from Konstantin Cherny, Deputy Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. The proposal was voiced at the international business forum “Vitebsk oblast investment initiatives”. Forms of future cooperation are supposed to be discussed at the Latgalian investment forum...