MINSK, 8 December (BelTA) - The Italian company COOMI plans to build a municipal solid waste treatment facility in Orsha, BelTA learnt from the waste treatment department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Documents on the intent to implement the project were signed by the Italian COOMI, Orsha Town Hall and Spetsavtobaza company (Orsha). Investment in the new plant is estimated at ?90 million. It is expected that the Italian company will build the plant on the turnkey...

VITEBSK, 6 December (BelTA) - The ancient Russian cities of Novgorod, Rostov Veliky and Smolensk will participate in the celebrations of the 1150th anniversary of Polotsk. The administrations of these cities - peers of Polotsk have already confirmed their participation, BelTA learnt from the chief of the culture department of the Polotsk City Hall Yelena Astapova. Novgorod, Rostov and Smolensk will send official delegations and also their best folk orchestras and dance companies. As noted...

VITEBSK, 1 December (BelTA) - More than 250,000 people will be able to take advantage of the small-scale cross-border traffic regime between Belarus and Latvia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus in the Republic of Latvia Alexander Gerasimenko said after the ceremony of exchanging the notifications on the completion of the internal state procedures necessary for entry into force of the intergovernmental agreement on facilitation of mutual travel by residents of border...

VITEBSK, 30 November (BelTA) – Polotsk attended its first Covenant of Mayors ceremony in Brussels on 29 November, BelTA has learnt from the Polotsk City Hall. After signing the Covenant of Mayors in September this year Polotsk became the first Belarusian city to make commitments to the implementation of the EU 20-20-20 targets. A forum that highlighted the importance and prospects of the EU initiative took place as part of the ceremony. According to Polotsk Mayor Alexander Poznyak, the...

VITEBSK, 24 November (BelTA) – Western European traders have shown interest in the new product of Verkhnedvinsk Creamery – desalted whey powder, BelTA learnt from company’s Director Piotr Lavrinov. After a new shop floor to produce whey powder with various demineralization levels was commissioned this summer, the products of the Verkhnedvinsk company became very popular on foreign markets. The whey obtained during milk processing is rich in milk proteins, lactoglobulin, milk albumin...

VITEBSK, 23 November (BelTA) – The sixth congress of dermatovenerologists of Belarus will be held in the Vitebsk State Medical University on 24-25 November, BelTA learnt from the head of the Dermatovenereology Department of the medical university M.D., Professor Vladimir Adaskevich. This is the first time the congress is held in Vitebsk and is dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the birth of the founder of Vitebsk school of dermatovenereology Ivan Bogdanovich. Attending the event will be...