In 2007, Vitebsk oblast’s budget received around Br9,6 billion from the sale of non-used communal facilities, BelTA learnt from the communal property department of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee. Due to auctions on properties sale and tenant right granting, the extra income of city’s budget made up around Br3,7 billion. In particular, the incompleted construction facility “Trams-Repairing Plant” was sold owing to the auction. Its new owner – OOO Energokomplekt - intends to...

The officers of the department for citizenship and migration of the Orsha town interior department jointly with the colleagues from the transport police detained a group of illegal migrants – citizens of the Republic of Iraq, BelTA learnt from the department for citizenship and migration of the interior department of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee. Five citizens were detained in the course of an inspection in a Moscow-Minsk train on February 6. They presented authentic Iraqi...

In 2008, the Belarusian-German joint venture San Marco intends to boost footwear production by 20% as against 2007, director general of the company Nikolai Martynov told BelTA. In 2006, the company produced almost 700 thousand pairs of footwear. San Marco intends to increase the output due to expanding the production facilities to produce children, men and women’s footwear. The company has already purchased a new premise to launch a new workshop. Additional 120 people are expected to be...

The Belarusian-Russian joint venture “Derevyanny Dom” will be registered in the Free Economic Zone Vitebsk in the near future. The new company will produce frame houses using the Canadian technology, BelTA learnt in the FEZ Administration. The investment project has been approved by the Commission on Economic Competitiveness Improvement of Belarus’ Council of Ministers. The Belarusian-Russian founders of the joint venture intend to invest about EUR7.5 million of direct foreign...

Decree #1 “On stimulation of production and realization of goods, works and services” will promote the development of the production sphere in villages and small towns, Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Vladimir Andreichenko told BelTA. The state programme of development of small towns includes 40 settlements of the Vitebsk oblast. Due to the decree and other adopted bills, producers will have significant preferences. So, they will have an opportunity to invest funds in...

In 2008, the Vitebsk-based House Building Factory will start to renovate its structural subdivision – the plant of large-panel house-building, BelTA learnt in the company. The project is aimed at boosting the production capacities due to new up-to-date equipment and technologies and also energy consumption reduction. In line with the action plan, all the technological lines of the plant will be replaced. The renovation project will be implemented in two years without suspension of...