Archive - Feb 2008

A nationwide cultural action “We are Belarusians” will be held in Belarus in 2008, chief of the Culture Department of the Culture Ministry of the Republic of Belarus Mikhail Kozlovich told BelTA.

The event includes concerts, which will be held in all oblast centres of Belarus and in all regional centres...

Some 75 students of the Mogilev oblast became prize winners of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for Support of the Talented Youth in 2007 (70 prize-holders in 2006), BelTA learnt from Natalia Morgunova, a leading specialist of the education department of the oblast executive...

Dmitry Daschinsky of Belarus scored 117,92 points to place second at the World Freestyle Skiing cup in Cypress Mountain in Canada. He was 2.21 points behind the winner Steve Omischl of Canada. Anton Kushnir finished in fifth (113,72 points), Alexei Grishin - 16th (89,76).

In the women’s event the gold...

Some 15 leading companies of Belgospischeprom Concern are participating in the 15th international food exhibition Prodexpo 2008 held in Moscow, BelTA learnt from Elena Malinovskaya, the head of the foreign-economic department of the concern. A delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs of Belarus is led by head...

Some 15 companies of the Belarusian Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs are participating in the 15th international food exhibition Prodexpo 2008 held in Moscow, BelTA learnt from the international cooperation department of the Belarusian Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs. A delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs of Belarus...

In 2008, Mogilevliftmash and OOO Karat-Liftcomplex (Vyshgorod, Ukraine) intend to produce and supply to Ukraine 1 thousand elevators, BelTA learnt from director general of Mogilevliftmash Piotr Rudnik.

According to him, the Mogilev-based company and the Ukrainian Karat-Liftcomplex have been cooperating for more than three years. In 2005, they jointly...

The national juniour athletics championships (U18) were officially opened in Mogilev athletics centre of Olympic reserve on February 8, BelTA was told in the physical culture, sport and tourism department of the Mogilev oblast executive committee.

Among the participants are winner of the European champion, silver winner of the 9th summer...

The Nordic Council considers Belarus as a natural part of the European family, Dagfinn Hoybraten, the head of Nordic Council’s delegation, a Norwegian parliamentarian and a member of the Presidium of the Nordic Council, noted during a session held in the Council of the Republic of Belarus’ National Assembly on...

20 countries will take part in the 15th international exhibition and fair Books of Belarus 2008, Elena Platonova, the head of the publishing activity and book trade department of the Belarusian Information Ministry, told BelTA.

According to the specialist, the Minsk fair is popular among book publishers from various countries....

There are no queues at the border checkpoint Kozlovichi-Kukuryki at the Belarusian-Polish border, the press service of the Belarusian Transport and Communication Ministry told BelTA.

At 9 a.m. on February 4 the queue for entering Belarus through the border checkpoint Berestovitsa was 5 km long or 230 vehicles. The queue at...