At an official ceremony in Vitebsk on January 18, the chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, Vadim Popov, presented the Honorary State Banner of the Republic of Belarus to the Vitebsk oblast authorities. “This shows the magnitude of the contribution of the Vitebsk oblast to the social-economic development of the country, effective labour of the residents of the region,” Vadim Popov said. The speaker of the lower house of the parliament read out a letter of...

The Vitebsk oblast executive committee has awarded an honorary diploma to more than 90 professionals from all regions of the oblast in recognition of their contribution to the socio-economic development of the region and in connection with the 70th anniversary of the Vitebsk oblast. The chairman of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee, Vladimir Andriechneko, presented the award at an official ceremony on January 18. The honorary diploma has been conferred on Vitebsk meat-packing factory,...

A good gift was presented to residents of the town of Rossony for the 70th anniversary of the Vitebsk oblast. January 16 saw the solemn launch of the natural gas supply service in the town. Energy Minister Alexander Ozerets, Vitebsk Oblast Governor Vladimir Andreichenko, top executives of the Rossony region and representatives of the general public took part in the event. With the natural gas distribution grid including Rossony now natural gas is now available in all regional towns....

One of the Vitebsk streets has been named in honour of the 70th anniversary of the Vitebsk oblast foundation. A memorial plaque will be fixed at one of the houses in the street connecting Moskovsky Prospect and Gazeta Pravda Street, BelTA learnt from Mikhail Kuzmich, the head of the ideology department of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee. The oblast center will also name a park in honour of the 70th anniversary of the Vitebsk oblast. The park has been beautified with a red oak ally...

The Polotsk State University developed a new additive to improve specifications of concrete mixtures. As BelTA learnt from the research department of the university, a super plasticizing agent for concrete mixtures SPAS improves technological and construction-technical specifications of concrete mixtures used for monolithic construction and the production of structural precast concrete and concrete goods. The additive lets manufacture construction materials of the increased cold resisting...

The Museum of Education will be set up in Vitebsk, deputy head of the education department of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Tatiana Tsygankova told BelTA. The exposition of the museum will feature the rich historical material collected by local educational workers and ethnographers. Specialists managed to restore the chronology of educational sphere development in the Vitebsk oblast starting the Middle Ages. In particular, specialists discovered the documents which prove that it is...