Archive - 2008

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko addressed the soldiers-internationalists, veterans of the Afghan war on the occasion of the Remembrance Day.
“The bitter grief for the fallen is always there in our hearts. Hundreds of Belarusians never returned home from Afghanistan. We bow our heads before the blessed memory of our countrymen...

The State Property Committee has published another reference book “Towns and Villages of Belarus” dedicated to the Mogilev oblast. The edition numbers 1,600 copies, Chief of the Office of Cartography and GIS of the State Property Committee Valery Tsigankov told BelTA.

The reference book is about Belarusian toponymy. It includes six...

In 2007, the forestry companies of the Mogilev production forestry association exported products worth of $23.8 million, or 47.4% up over 2006, deputy general director oft eh association Nikolai Domnenkov told BelTA.

Exports accounted for 65% of the sales (55% in 2006). The best results were posted by the Osipovichi experimental...

The Mogilev Automobile Plant named after Kirov has assembled a prototype model of an underground bus able to carry 17 people, the company’s deputy chief designer Valery Peklin told BelTA.

The bus is supposed to deliver miners through narrow tunnels, travelling up to 10 km at 35 km/h. The bus is...

The small business of the Mogilev oblast generated 20.8% of tax revenues in the Mogilev oblast in 2007, BelTA learnt from the economy committee of the oblast executive committee. Tax revenues to the oblast budget increased by Br76.9 billion, or 23.8% as against 2006.

The Mogilev oblast allocated Br421.7 million to...

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...