Region
12 February 2009
Vitebsk, February 12 (BelTA) - On February 12, a delegation of the Bergamo Province (Italy) is in Vitebsk to study the investment potential of local enterprises, BelTA learnt from Konstantin Cherny, Deputy Chairman of the Economic Committee, head of the department of investment policy and foreign economic links of Vitebsk administration.
The Italian businessmen expressed interest in studying the conditions created for foreign enterprises in the Vitebsk free economic zone and promising...
3 February 2009
The Postavy Dairy is planning to export $1 million worth of animal oil to Kazakhstan, the company told BelTA.
In line with the contract signed in 2008, the company will dispatch nearly 350 tonnes of oil to Kazakhstan. The first 40-tonne batches have already reached the destination in December 2008 and January 2009.
Kazakhstan is a new promising market for Belarus. Proposals for further cooperation are being currently elaborated. The company is also considering an opportunity of expanding...
27 January 2009
Postavy Dairy Factory has invested about Br2 billion in the reconstruction of the whole milk production shop, including Br1.2 billion spent on new equipment, representatives of the company told BelTA.
Working hard to reconstruct the workshop, the company is now performing building and construction works, purchasing and installing equipment without interrupting the operation. The project worth around Br5 billion is supposed to be finished in H2 2009.
The reconstruction will increase the...
23 January 2009
The building, which was once the Vitebsk public art school established by Marc Chagall and Kazimir Malevich, will be turned into a museum. This investment project is being implemented by the Vitebsk centre of modern art, BelTA learnt from the centre’s director Valentina Kirillova.
At the first stage, the project will be financed with the help of a grant of the Embassy of the USA in the Republic of Belarus. The museum gained this grant within the cultural heritage conservation programme. At...
22 January 2009
Akimov State Academic Comedy Theatre has brought its best theatricals to Vitebsk, literary manager of the theatre Marina Bykova told a press conference on January 21. The performances will be held on January 21-30; all the tickets have been sold, BelTA has learnt.
The programme will be opened by a popular comedy by English playwright William Wycherley The Country Wife directed by artistic director of the theatre Tatiana Kazakova. It is the first and only stage version of this play in Russia,...
21 January 2009
Around 100 representatives of companies and organizations of the Vitebsk oblast will take part in the seminar dedicated to minimization of the impact of the global financial market on industrial companies of the region. The seminar will be held in the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee on January 26, BelTA learnt in the Vitebsk Oblast Union of Employers.
During the seminar, its participants are set to discuss the development of the global financial crisis, the tendencies of the economy...
