Archive - 2008

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...

The Month of the French Language will be held in Belarus in March, BelTA learnt from Jean-Louis Pelletan, Cultural and Cooperation Counsellor of the French Embassy in Belarus. According to him, the year of 2008 will be rich in various cultural events organised by the French diplomatic mission in Minsk...

The government of Belarus issued Resolution No. 1920 to approve the national strategy of development and management of conservation areas by 2015.

As BelTA was told in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, the document is aimed at forming such a system of conservation areas which would cover various...

Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky urged taking further measures to develop the Union State. He made this statement during a meeting with Prime Minister of Russia Viktor Zubkov.

Sergei Sidorsky said that Belarus-Russia integration will be accelerated by the decisions taken by Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko at...

In 2008 the Mogilev oblast will provide gas supply to 11 agro-towns. The local authorities allocated Br8.4 billion worth of investments to build 80 kilometres of the gas supply pipeline network for this purpose.

As BelTA learnt from the production republican unitary enterprise Mogilevoblgaz, gas supply will be provided to...

New prices for natural and liquefied gas in Belarus have been set up from January 1, 2008 due to Resolution #69 of the Council of Ministers, BelTA learnt from the Council of Ministers’ Office.

In winter the price for natural gas in houses, flats and cottages fitted with gas...