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Belarusian border guards to take horses to patrol Augustow Canal’s territory
The Belarusian border guards who patrol the territory near the Augustow Canal will take horses, Chairman of the Belarus State Border Committee of Belarus Igor Rachkovsky told a session of the commission for the state boundary policy in Grodno Oblast.

Lida District reports 10% increase in industrial output in January-July
In January-July this year the industrial companies based in Lida District manufactured products worth Br1102.4 billion (the cost of customer-owned raw materials included).

Korbut: Monitoring of local government-citizens interaction needs to be systemic
The examination into the cooperation of local level authorities and citizens should be system-based, BelTA learnt from Nikolai Korbut, Head of the Property Management Directorate of the President of the Republic of Belarus

Grodnoenergo, Kulczyk Holding sign cooperation agreement
The Grodnoenergo and the Polish Kulczyk Holding Company signed an agreement on investment cooperation in Warsaw on 26 August

Grodno Meat-Packing Factory aims for EU market
The Grodno-based meat-packing factory intends to start exporting meat products to the European Union

Finland’s Olvi plc acquires 90% stake in Lidskoe Pivo Brewery
Olvi plc of Finland has acquired a 90% stake in the Lidskoe Pivo Brewery, BelTA learned from Peep Akkel, financial manager at Olvi Group Baltics/Belarus.

Lidagroprommash’s export nearly 50% up in January-July
In January-July 2010 the Belarusian mechanical engineering company Lidagroprommash increased its export by almost 50% to a total of $10 million

Grodno Oblast executes government grain procurement plan in full
Agricultural producers of Grodno Oblast have executed the government grain procurement plan. The local agricultural producers supplied 185,400 tonnes of grain, which makes up 100.2% of the plan

Over 80 Grodno servicemen provided with service apartments
Over 80 military families of the Grodno garrison have been provided with service apartments, BelTA learnt from Sergei Potapenko, Head of the Western operational command.

Jewish community in Grodno to perform first public upsherin
The Jewish community in Grodno is going to perform the first public upsherin (first haircut) on 22 August, BelTA learnt from Grodno rabbi Itskhak Kofman. As a Jewish tradition puts it, the first haircut is made on a boy who turns three. This haircutting ceremony is known as “upsherin” in Yiddish and “halaqah” in Jerusalem. The ceremony is usually attended by relatives and friends who snip off a lock of boy’s hair. Upsherin marks a male child’s