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The Polotsk hydropower plant is a division of the Polotsk Electric Networks branch of the Vitebsk Oblast electric company Vitebskenergo. The hydropower plant was commissioned on 30 June 2017. It will be five years old this year. The Polotsk hydropower plant is located on the Zapadnaya Dvina River about 11km upstream from Polotsk. The installed capacity is 21.66MW. The Polotsk hydropower plant is designed to generate 112.2 million kWh per annum, saving 35,100 tonnes of fuel oil equivalent...

Belarus and Uzbekistan will hold a joint business forum in Tashkent. The matter was discussed at a meeting between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Uzbekistan Leonid Marinich and Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan Davron Vakhabov, BelTA learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission. “The parties discussed the organization of a visit of Belarusian businessmen to Uzbekistan and the Belarus-Uzbekistan business forum in Tashkent...

A fuel pellet plant was opened in Kalinino, Gomel District on 15 April, BelTA has learned. The new enterprise is designed to make over 20,000 tonnes of fuel pellets per annum. It will allow the Gomel experimental forestry enterprise to complete the wood processing cycle and make a more expensive product that sells well on foreign markets. Gomel Oblast Governor Ivan Krupko noted that three existing pellet enterprises in Gomel Oblast already make a total of 69,000 tonnes of fuel pellets...

Minsk is very d ear to me, I have been here more than 50 times already, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Boris Gryzlov said as he met with Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko, BelTA has learned. “I would like to thank you for the opportunity to have this meeting here today. This is an important milestone in our relations. Minsk is dear to me. I like it. I have been here over 50 times. It...

Belarus' consulate general will soon open in the city of Mumbai, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Republic of Belarus Alok Ranjan Jha said as he spoke at a festive event to mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Republic of India and the Republic of Belarus on 13 April, BelTA has learned. The diplomat pointed to the importance of Belarus' bigger presence in India. He welcomed significant progress in bilateral cooperation...

Belarusian builders are taking part in the construction of a cultural and educational center on Russky Island, Governor of Russia's Primorsky Krai Oleg Kozhemyako said as he met with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in Vladivostok on 13 April, BelTA has learned. “Belarusian specialists and builders are involved in the construction of a cultural center. A choreography school, a music school, a kindergarten and a boarding school are in the process of construction....