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State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Stanislav Zas visited a number of enterprises in Orsha District, Vitebsk Oblast in order to check the fulfillment of the head of state's instructions regarding the integral development of the local enterprises, BelTA has learned. In particular, the state secretary of the Security Council of Belarus went to OAO Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant and OAO Tekhnika Svyazi. Top officials of the State Military Industrial Committee of Belarus informed...

The youth of Belarus' Vitebsk and Russia's Pskov have signed an agreement on cooperation, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk Oblast Committee of the BRSM Youth Union. The agreement on youth cooperation was signed by representatives of the Vitebsk Oblast Committee of the BRSM Youth Union and the Pskov Oblast Organization of the Russian Union of Youth during the 6th Youth Forum of Belarus and Russia "Youth for the Union State" in Mogilev. The document will provide an additional opportunity to...

An open festival of bard songs, poetry, and visual arts Vitebsky Listopad 2018 will take place on 18-21 October. The festival is expected to gather musicians, poets, and performers from nine countries, BelTA has learned. The art festival will take place in the cultural capital of Belarus once again. Apart from Belarusians guests from Germany, Egypt, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, and Estonia are expected to participate in it. The festival will begin with the presentation...

The Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia (Rosselkhoznadzor) lifted the ban on the import of products of Vitebsk Meat Packing Plant to Russia on 26 September, BelTA learned from the website of the Russian food quality watchdog. Rosselkhoznadzor had scrutinized the materials provided by the Department for Veterinary and Food Control of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry to investigate the reasons for detecting violations of the EAEU and Russian...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko explained the reasons of the appointment of Vitaly Vovk as the Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus – Inspector for Vitebsk Oblast, BelTA informs. "Vitaly [Vovk], you should know that there will be much talking everywhere. Some people will be happy, others will be disappointed," the president said. "But remember that Orsha will remain a priority for you. This is your zone of responsibility. And I think in this position you will have an...

State awards have been conferred upon 120 people from all walks of life in recognition of many years of dedicated work, high professionalism and exceptional performance of their duties, courage and bravery in difficult situations, a great personal contribution to the manufacturing industry, agriculture and construction, significant achievements in trade, social security, education, culture, art and sport. The decree on conferring the state awards was signed by Belarus President Alexander...