An exhibition “Artists of the Vitebsk oblast - for the 70th anniversary of founding of the oblast” opened in Vitebsk on January 16. The exposition featuring almost 150 works by 70 artists is deployed in the exposition hall of the Vitebsk modern art centre and oblast museum of local lore and culture. The exposition aims to display the achievements of the modern-day period and feature the chronicle of the development of the Vitebsk art school over the past 70 years. In the early 20th...

This year Belarusian TV maker Vityas plans to start manufacturing three models of liquid crystal display TV sets with the screen size as large as 26, 37 and 42 inches, Vityas representatives told BelTA. With these three models the company will complete its line-up of PREMIUM TV sets. The line-up will feature six models in 2008. The company started manufacturing 15, 20 and 32-inch screen TV sets in 2007. The PREMIUM line-up boasts classic design and the latest digital technologies, which...

In connection with the 70th anniversary of the founding and in recognition of exceptional achievements in the economic development, the Vitebsk, Gomel, Mogilev and Minsk oblasts have been awarded Honorary State Banner of the Republic of Belarus. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed corresponding decrees on January 3, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service.

On December 29, OAO Vitebskie Kovry (Vitebsk Carpets) was registered as a resident of Free Economic Zone Vitebsk, BelTA learnt from FEZ Administration. As the resident of the zone, in the future the company plans to increase production, to extend a product line, to boost export. To make this the company is expected to invest Br14.3 billion in the production. According to specialists, by 2012 OAO Vitebskie Kovry intends to increase the production of carpets up to 7.2 million square...

A Nazi punitive operation coded as “Winter Forest” started in the Vitebsk oblast 65 years ago, on December 27, 1942. The operation aimed to suppress the partisan movement and civilians in Vitebsk, Gorodok, Mekhovoe, Polotsk and Sirotino regions of the Vitebsk oblast during the Great Patriotic War. The operation was conducted by SS division #286 with the aim to turn the territories in the rear of the left wing of the Centre group of armies “into the burnt-over land”. During the...

The Vitebsk oblast territorial fund Vitebskoblimuschestvo will arrange the first auction on December 17 to sell unused real estate with the starting price set at one basic amount (Br35,000 as of December 1), head of Vitebskoblimuschestvo’s auctions department Larisa Scheglova told BelTA. Four unfinished buildings with the total area of 5,400 square metres in the Polotsk region have been put up for auction. Their readiness varies from 9% to 29%. Their market value exceeds Br1 billion....