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KRICHEV, 6 October (BelTA) – The Belarusian civil engineering company ZAO Belzarubezhstroy opened an enterprise in Krichev, Mogilev Oblast on 5 October. The enterprise is designed to make cement-bonded particleboards for the Belarusian civil engineering industry, BelTA has learned. Taking part in the opening ceremony were Belarusian Architecture and Construction Minister Anatoly Cherny, Belzarubezhstroy Director General Vitaly Bondarik, and representatives of the Austrian company VST...

MINSK, 23 September (BelTA) – The World Bank allocated a $50 million loan for Belarus to support the modernization of the country's education system, Education Minister of Belarus Mikhail Zhuravkov said at the documents signing ceremony in the Education Ministry on 23 September, BelTA has learned. The new Education Modernization Project has been developed by the Belarusian Education Ministry in cooperation with World Bank specialists and includes three main components. The first...

MOGILEV, 14 September (BelTA) – The Grand Prix of the 18th international festival of animated films Animayevka 2015 went to “Bendito Machine V: Pull the Trigger” by Jossie Malis, Spain, BelTA learned from the organizing committee of the festival. This year, most of the prizes have been awarded to foreign participants. For example, Spanish director Pedro Solís García won the Best Film for Children award. The movie “First Fall” directed by Aude Danset and Carlos de...

MINSK, 7 September (BelTA) – Belarus has harvested 8.9 million tonnes of grain this year, Agriculture and Food Minister of Belarus Leonid Zayats said in an interview to the ONT TV Channel, BelTA has learned. “The total crop made up 8.9 million tonnes. The average yield stood at 39.7 centners per hectare, 0.5 centners up on 2014,” said Leonid Zayats. The country gathered 540,000 tonnes of grain fewer that last year. According to the minister, it was due to difficult weather...

MINSK, 26 August (BelTA) - Three more Belarusian enterprises may resume pork supplies to Russia as from 26 August, reads a communication posted on the official website of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of Russia (Rosselkhoznadzor), BelTA has learned. According to the agency, "with the violations identified in the course of Rosselkhoznadzor inspections removed, and taking into account the assurances of the veterinary service of the Republic of Belarus,...

MINSK, 13 August (BelTA) - Belarusian agrarians have cropped almost 7 million tonnes of grain, BelTA learnt from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 13 August, a total of 6,964,000 tonnes of grain was harvested in the country. According to Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats, Belarusian agrarians estimates this year's crop at 8.7-8.8 million tonnes of grain. As for regions, Minsk Oblast has so far cut 1,710,000 tonnes of grain. An estimated 1.243 million tonnes of...

MOGILEV, 7 August (BelTA) – The ethnographic festival “Visiting the Radimichi Tribe” based on the events of the 10-12th centuries will be held in Chausy District on 15 August. The second edition of the festival will bring together the lovers of the Belarusian history in the agro-town of Radomlya, said Alesya Daletskaya, a specialist with the Chausy district cultural and leisure center. The festival will be held near the ancient settlement of the Radimichi tribe and will start with a...

MINSK, 31 July (BelTA) – Five regions of Belarus have plans to harvest at least 1 million tonnes of grain each, Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Rusy told Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during the working trip to Minsk Oblast on 31 July, BelTA has learned. The head of state was informed that as of 31 July grain was harvested on 27% of agricultural land, the average yield reached 34 centners per hectare. About 2 million tonnes of grain has been harvested already. According to Mikhail...

CHISINAU, 21 July (BelTA) - Mogilev Oblast is interested in cooperation with Gagauzia autonomy in southern Moldova in the field of seed farming, and also in setting up a joint venture to assemble small tractors, Governor of Gagauzia Irina Vlah said when commenting on her visit to Belarus as a member of the Moldovan delegation from 16 to 17 July, BelTA has learned. Irina Vlah stressed that during the visit to Minsk, the Moldovan delegation met with the President of Belarus, the government...

CHISINAU, 13 July (BelTA) – The administration of Bykhov District, Mogilev Oblast and the administration of Ceadir-Lunga District, Moldova’s Gagauzia have signed a protocol of intent, BelTA learned from representatives of the Gagauzian government. The document was signed in the village of Copceac. The protocol of intent was signed by Deputy Chairman of the Bykhov District Executive Committee Vladislav Gribanov and head of the Ceadir-Lunga District administration Valentina Kara....