VITEBSK, 27 June (BelTA) – Polish company Decora S.A. will invest about $3 million in the production of construction materials in the Vitebsk Free Economic Zone, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk FEZ Administration. The relevant agreement was concluded after the negotiations between head of the Vitebsk FEZ Administration Sergei Stashevsky and representatives of the Polish investor, a founder of the Vitebsk FEZ resident company Decora East. According to the preliminary data, the investor is...

VITEBSK, 27 June (BelTA) – An agreement to set up an airline at the Vitebsk airport will be signed with the Czech investor in the near future, BelTA learnt from Chairman of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee Alexander Kosinets. The Czech company PDW-group s.r.o. is ready to invest ?50 million into a small aircrafts company and associated infrastructure. The governor confirmed the interest of the region in the contract. In his words, allegations that a new airline might become a...

VITEBSK, 17 June (BelTA) - The development of cooperation in the tourism sector could become one of the priority areas of cooperation between Vitebsk Oblast and Polish regions, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Poland to Belarus Leszek Szerepka told reporters. The Ambassador is in Vitebsk Oblast on a familiarization trip. According to him, Vitebsk is known as the lake district. Therefore it will be interesting to get familiar with its tourism infrastructure and the...

VITEBSK, 17 June (BelTA) – A nightingale is the symbol of the song and music festival “Dnieper Voices in Dubrovno”. The 18th festival on 17-19 June will bring together artistes from eight countries, the chief of the culture department of the Dubrovno Regional executive Committee Ekaterina Labuko told BelTA. The festival will welcome 25 professional and amateur art groups from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Slovakia. For the first time the festival will...

VITEBSK, 15 June (BelTA) – The Vitebsk-based company KIM makes clothes for the German Armed Forces under tolling agreements, BelTA learnt from Director General Andrei Shamshura. The products made from customer-furnished raw materials account for 50% to 80% of the company’s total output. Therefore the company’s major goal is to expand the assortment range and advance to other markets, the director said. At the same time the Vitebsk company lacks floating funds for purchasing feedstock...

VITEBSK, 13 June (BelTA) – The Braslav District Executive Committee, Vitebsk Oblast of Belarus and Hajnowka County, Podlaskie Voivodship of Poland intend to cooperate in economic and cultural affairs. A protocol of intent has been signed by top executives of the administrations of Braslav District and Hajnowka County, representatives of the Ideology Department of the Braslav District Executive Committee told BelTA. The sides have reached an agreement to create the necessary conditions for...