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...