VITEBSK, 6 May (BelTA) – There are plans to implement around 200 projects together with Russian investors in Vitebsk Oblast in the next two years, Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets told media on 6 May. Cooperation with the Russian Federation is one of the strategic avenues of foreign trade and investment activity, said Alexander Kosinets. Russian investors intend to build a customs and logistics terminal at the border of the Customs Union with Latvia in...

VITEBSK, 6 May (BelTA) – A Belarusian-Russian joint company of Grandiscar plans to start the construction of a special purpose vehicle plant in the Free Economic Zone Vitebsk in 2011, Director of the company Yuri Lyubimov told reporters. Grandiscar is a resident of the FEZ Vitebsk. The investment project is designed to set up facilities to manufacture special purpose vehicles with the capacity of up to 5,000 vehicles a year on one of the FEZ sites. The volume of investments is expected to...

VITEBSK, 5 May (BelTA) – About 300 weapons have been given away by Vitebsk Oblast residents during the Operation Arsenal, BelTA learnt from senior inspector of the permitting group of the law enforcement and crime prevention directorate of the Department of the Interior of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Sergei Galynya. The Operation Arsenal was announced on 12 April. As of 3 May, local dwellers have voluntarily given away 90 registered weapons, 207 unregistered weapons, 12,400...

VITEBSK, 5 May (BelTA) – In January-March the commodity export by FEZ Vitebsk resident companies rose by almost 21% over the same period of 2010 to $36.6 million, BelTA learnt form the FEZ administration. The bulk of exports (over 95%) went to the CIS member states; Russia accounted for over 80% of the total exports. This year the resident companies dealt with partners from Germany, the USA, Austria, Lithuania and Latvia. The import amounted to $31.2 million, up 5.1% over Q1 2010. In Q1...

VITEBSK, 27 April (BelTA) – The open joint-stock company Orsha Aircraft Repairs Plant has been registered as a resident company of the free economic zone Vitebsk. The company is the first one to be implementing an investment project at the new platform Yuzhnaya, representatives of the FEZ Vitebsk administration told BelTA. Using the new status Orsha Aircraft Repairs Plant plans to channel over Br10 billion into a project to modernize its manufacturing facilities and create a new tool and...

VITEBSK, 25 April (BelTA) – More than 140 athletes from Belarus, Lithuania, and Russia are set take part in the Shmyrev swimming memorial in Vitebsk on 26-28 April, BelTA learnt from the physical education, sports, and tourism department of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. Taking part in the competitions will be boys and girls born in 1997-1999. The winners will be awarded with cups, medals, and diplomas. The Shmyrev memorial is organized by the physical education, sports, and...