Archive - 2008

Two music bands from Venezuela - dance music group Folclor Cochense and music quartet Maraca Ensamble - are touring Belarus. They gave a brilliant performance at the ceremony of unveiling a plate to Simon Bolivar that took place in the park bearing his name on July 8. They received thunderous...

Deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State will take part in the 17th international festival of arts “Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk” and the Union State Day on July 13, BelTA was told in the PA press service.

Belarusian and Russian deputies will present special prizes of the Parliamentary...

An inspection group of Belarus will visit Poland on July 8-11, BelTA was told in the press service of the Defence Ministry of Belarus.

The inspection of the two military units will be carried in accordance with the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty). The inspection aims to...

Parks and squares in towns of Venezuela will be named after outstanding Belarusians, Ambassador of Venezuela to Belarus Americo Diaz Nunez said at a solemn ceremony of unveiling the memorial plate dedicated to the national hero of Venezuela Simon Bolivar.

The diplomat called this event, which took place during the Days...

Russia’s Association of Builders will open its representation office in Minsk. On July 10-11, a Russian delegation led by President of Russia’s Association of Builders Nikolai Koshman will pay a visit to Minsk to take part in the opening of the office, BelTA learnt from the press service of...

The issues of humanitarian cooperation between the Mogilev oblast and Switzerland were on the agenda of a meeting between the chairman of the Mogilev oblast executive committee Boris Batura and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation to Poland and Belarus Benedict de Cerjat. The diplomat is in the...

In January-June 2008, unitary company Krichevcementnoshifer produced 639.1 thousand tonnes of cement, or 15.2 % up over the same period 2007, BelTA learnt at the company.

Over the six months this year, the company supplied 639.8 thousand tonnes of cement including 599.9 thousand tonnes of finished cement (14.3%...

Belarus and Russia have approved a common cattle breeding production and deliveries balance for five years, chief of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Aleksei Gordeev stated July 4 at a session of the ministry.

According to him, the balance spells out the volumes of production, mutual exports and...

Young ecologists from Belarus and Russia will participate in the forum “Ecology without limits” that will be held in the Kaliningrad region on July 22-30. The forum is organized by the Federal Agency For Education of Russia, Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science and the Education Ministry of Belarus, BelTA...

A delegation of the Penza region headed by the First Deputy Chairman of the Government Ivan Kuptsov is in the Mogilev oblast on a three-day official visit.

On July 1, the Russian delegation is touring Bobruisk and the town of Kirovsk. The delegation is expected to visit Bobruiskagromash, Bobruisk tractor parts...