The 4th international investment forum will be held in Mogilev on October 9-10, BelTA learnt in the economy department of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee. During the forum, the Mogilev region will display its investment and innovation projects. Participants of the forum will be able to get familiar with the business conditions of the region, the legal base and real estate facilities. Moreover, they will take part in the work of various sections: small towns, construction and...

The Belarusian Commodity Exchange has opened its branch in Mogilev. It started to work in the oblast centre on July 8, BelTA learnt at BUCE. The Mogilev trading facility will operate simultaneously with the BUCE Central Office in Minsk and also with the BUCE branches in Brest and Gomel. So, businessmen will have a possibility to take part in real-time exchange auctions being in Minsk, Brest, Gomel or Mogilev. The Belarusian Commodity Exchange intends to open its branches in Vitebsk and...

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% up as against January-June, 2007). In the period under review, the Krichev-based company exported 16.1 thousand tonnes of cement to the Russian Federation (31.7% down as against...

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 and aggregates plant, the joint venture Syabar, and several processing companies and social facilities of the town of Bobruisk. They plan to visit the agricultural company Rassvet in...

The 16th international festival of church music “Magutny Bozga” (Mighty God) opened in Mogilev on June 24. For 16 years since its founding the festival has become one of the most important events in cultural and Christian life of Mogilev and Belarus on the whole, the chairman of the organising committee Mayor of Mogilev Viktor Shorikov said at the opening ceremony. The popularity of the festival is growing from year to year; the geography of its participants is expanding. The...

Mogilev and the Azerbaijani town of Sumgait have concluded an agreement on cooperation in economic, social and cultural areas. The document was signed during a three-day visit of a Mogilev delegation to Sumgait, BelTA learnt from Head of the Mogilev City Council of Deputies Valery Svistunov who leads the delegation. In the course of the visit representatives of Mogilev visited industrial companies of Sumgait and various social facilities of the town. They also had talks with Azeri...

The international assembly of capitals and big cities has summed up the results of the 1st contest The Best CIS City. Taking part in the contest were 64 cities of the CIS member states. Mogilev was recognized best in the nomination “Efficient local self-government” and in the field of partnership relations development with foreign countries. As BelTA learnt in the Mogilev City Council, at the final round of the contest held in Moscow Mogilev presented a set of special materials, a...

OAO Mogilevkhimvolokno will become a resident of Free Economic Zone Mogilev, BelTA learnt in the administration of the free economic zone. According to specialists, Mogilevkhimvolokno becomes a resident when the company and the administration of the zone will sign all the necessary documents including the agreement on operational conditions. The company intends to carry out several investment projects within the framework of the development programme for 2008-2012. OAO Mogilevkhimvolokno...

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 books providing information about six oblasts of Belarus. Four books about towns and villages of Minsk, Grodno, Gomel and Mogilev oblast have been already...

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 forestry company, which exported products to the tune of $3.9 million, and also Mogilev ($2.5 million), Bobruisk ($2.1 million) and Klichev ($2 million) forestry...