VITEBSK, 31 May (BelTA) – The 14th international dulcimer and accordion music festival will take place in the Belarusian town of Postavy, Vitebsk Oblast on 3-5 June, BelTA learned from Galina Chaplinskaya, Head of the Ideology Department of the Postavy District Executive Committee. The event will gather music bands and representatives of business circles from Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, China, Kazakhstan, Israel and Poland. The organizers expect around 800 guests. The festival will begin...

VITEBSK, 30 May (BelTA) – Vitebsk-based Evistor and Riga plant of electric appliances AS RAR have agreed to produce import-substituting component parts for agricultural equipment, BelTA learned from Evistor’s chief engineer Tofik Aivazov. Belarusian and Latvian companies are eager to launch the production of windshield wipers and control boards for Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ trademark). To date the plant purchases this equipment from Russia, Poland and Ukraine. AS RAR transfers the...

VITEBSK, 30 May (BelTA) – Vitebsk-based Evistor and Riga plant of electric appliances AS RAR have agreed to produce import-substituting component parts for agricultural equipment, BelTA learned from Evistor’s chief engineer Tofik Aivazov. Belarusian and Latvian companies are eager to launch the production of windshield wipers and control boards for Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ trademark). To date the plant purchases this equipment from Russia, Poland and Ukraine. AS RAR transfers the...

VITEBSK, 30 May (BelTA) – The International Beatles-Festival “Ob-la-ki, Ob-la-ka” will be held in Vitebsk on 17-19 June, BelTA learnt from the project manager, the chairman of the Vitebsk Beatles-Club Garik Ogandzhanian. The festival dedicated to the cult Fab Four will be held in the regional center for the first time. Despite this, all three days of the festival will be very busy. Beatles fans will be treated to dozens of special events to be arranged in the streets of the city and in...

VITEBSK, 27 May (BelTA) - Local youth initiative “We are Together” will bring together about a hundred of volunteers and people in wheelchairs. The event will be held in Vitebsk on 27 May, the project manager, the chairman of the Vitebsk Oktyabrsky district Organization of the Belarusian Red Cross Society Mikhail Gusachenko. The charity event "Mini-Marathon of People in Wheelchairs” will be held in Vitebsk for the fourth time. About 30 wheelchair users together with students-...

VITEBSK, 26 May (BelTA) – In January-April 2011 the export of Postavy Dairy totaled almost $2 million or 78% up over the same period last year, BelTA learnt from the company. The main importers of the company’s products were Russia, Poland, and Germany. Postavy Dairy delivered 42 tonnes of butter and 91 tonnes of cheese to the Russian Federation. Some 119 and 40 tonnes of casein were shipped to Poland and Germany respectively. The forecast for May stands at $3 million or 39% up over the...