The Vitebsk oblast is finishing the harvest campaign. Only 16% of the area under grain crops and leguminous plants remains to be harvested, BelTA learnt from deputy head of the agriculture and foodstuffs department of the Vitebsk oblast executive committee Nikolai Olenich.
As of August 22, almost 970 thousand tonnes of grain have been cropped. Yesterday’s heavy rain slowed down the harvest campaign, though the mark of one million tonnes will be passed within the next few days, Nikolai...
In 2008-2010, the Vitebsk oblast of Belarus intends to invest about Br1 trillion in the construction branch, BelTA learnt in the committee for construction and architecture of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee.
The funds will be assigned for modernization and technical upgrading of construction companies. In line with the programme of the development of the regional construction branch for 2008-2010, the funding will be carried out at the expense of equity capital of the construction...
In H1 2008, up 2.7 thousand cardiac surgeries were performed in Belarus, BelTA learnt from Alexander Mrochek, the chief cardiologist of the Health Ministry of Belarus, director of the republican scientific practical centre Cardiology.
According to him, the Cardiology centre alone performed 2 thousand surgeries in H1 2008. During the same period of 2008, Belarusian surgeons performed 509 coronary artery bypass graft surgeries.
Alexander Mrochek noted that at present, the cardiologists of...
