Archive - 2009

MINSK, March 4 (BelTA) – In 2008, Belarus increased the export of practically all types of goods, Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov told a session in the Foreign Ministry on March 4. The session is attended by Belarus Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky.

According to Sergei Martynov, favourable...

MOGILEV, February 27 (BelTA) – Belarus’ Equestrian Cup will start in Mogilev on February 28, BelTA learnt from Inessa Shvedova, deputy director of the of the Mogilev oblast horseracing and modern pentathlon centre.

Taking part in the competitions will be around 30 strongest equestrians from all the regions of...

MOGILEV, February 26 (BelTA) – Youth Acrobatics Tournament “Kinder-Surprise” opened in Mogilev on February 26, BelTA learnt from the physical, sport and tourism department of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee.

Taking part in the tournament are athletes aged 6-15 years old from Belarus, Ukraine and Lithuania. The programme of the...

MINSK, February 26 (BelTA) - This March Belarus and Lithuania plan to sign an agreement to enable visa-free travels for tourists in the 50-kilometer zone along the state border, Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister Cheslav Shulga told a press conference in Minsk on February 26.

The official remarked, the measures are...

MINSK, February 23 (BelTA) –The most important goal is further strengthening of the regional forces of Belarus and Russia, enhancing the capabilities to protect the Union State, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said when speaking at the reception to mark the Fatherland Defenders and Armed Forces Day, BelTA reports.

The head...

MINSK, February 23 (BelTA) – Polish businessmen are interested in taking part in the privatization of Belarusian enterprises, Waldemar Pawlak, Vice Premier and Economy Minister of Poland told reporters in Minsk on February 23.

“Polish businessmen intend to take part in the privatization which is underway in Belarus, there are...

MINSK, February 19 (BelTA) - Belarus and the European Union should try to remove any mediators from the development of relations, especially ill-wishing ones, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he met with Javier Solana, Secretary General of the Council of the European Union, on February 19.

“I would...

MOGILEV, February 19 (BelTA) – Mogilev will become the next town on the “Dove of Peace” route. It will arrive in the oblast centre from Tula (the Russian Federation) on March 4, BelTA learnt from the ideology department of the Mogilev town council.

A live-size golden dove carrying an olive branch...

MINSK, February 18 (BelTA) – The M.art.contact international youth theater forum will take place in Mogilev on March 22-27, BelTA has learnt from Andrey Novikov, director of Mogilev Drama Theater.

Invitations to participate in the fourth theatre forum have been sent to ten creative teams from five countries – Belarus, Russia,...

MOGILEV, February 17 (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is making a tour of the Babushkina Krynka dairy in Mogilev, BelTA reports.

The head of state will get familiar with the economic and social development of the company, its performance in the modern-day financial-economic conditions, the course of technological upgrade...