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MOGILEV, 28 March (BelTA) – Belarusian theaters presented a powerful and spectacular program during the international youth theater forum М@rt.kontakt in Mogilev. The opinion was shared by a majority of theater critics as they summed up results of the forum during a press conference on 27 March, BelTA has learned. The experts noted that the forum featured a versatile and vivid Belarusian program —six out of 22 performances by five Belarusian theater collectives. “In Mogilev we saw...

MOGILEV, 20 March (BelTA) – The ninth meeting of the Belarusian and Russian sister cities will take place in Mogilev on 30-31 March, BelTA learnt from the Mogilev City Hall. The parties will meet to discuss cooperation in economic, investment, culture, education and tourism areas. The oblast center will welcome nearly 150 representatives of the sister cities of the two countries. Belarus will be represented by mayors of all oblast centers. The Russian delegation will include...

MOGILEV, 14 March (BelTA) – The ninth international investment forum Mill of Success will take place in the city of Bobruisk on 30 June – 1 July, BelTA learned from Ruslan Strakhar, Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee. The investment forum was held in Mogilev for eight years. It is the first time Bobruisk will host the event. The choice is not an accident since Bobruisk is the second largest city in the region in terms of population numbers and...

MINSK, 9 March (BelTA) – It will take from two to three years to build a new terminal at the Minsk National Airport, BelTA learned from Vladimir Kostin, Director of the Aviation Department of the Belarusian Transport and Communications Ministry. The official said: “We expect the number of passengers the Minsk National Airport handles every year to reach 4.1-4.2 million people by 2020. It will be a very good figure. Once the number of passengers reaches 4-4.5 million people per annum, we...

MINSK, 2 March (BelTA) – The main advantage of using nuclear power is the opportunity to lower energy cost, Yelena Martishchenkova, a researcher at the Department of Sociology at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB), said during an online press conference hosted by BelTA when commenting on the results of an opinion survey on nuclear energy in Belarus. The survey has shown that the opinions about the pros and cons of using nuclear energy are very...

MINSK, 22 February (BelTA) – Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov instructed the Architecture and Construction Ministry to boost the export of construction services at the session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers held on 21 February to discuss Belarus’ social and economic development in January 2017 and measures to ensure economic growth in Q1 2017, BelTA has learned. “I am concerned with the continuing decline in the gross value added in the construction sector. The...

MINSK, 15 February (BelTA) – Opportunities of economic cooperation with Belarus were presented in Canada during a visit of Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Oleg Kravchenko to this country, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Belarusian diplomat attended an economic workshop organized by the Belarusian Embassy in Canada jointly with the Mogilev Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Canada Eurasia...

MOGILEV, 8 February (BelTA) – Mogilev airport will launch charter flights to Turkey in June, BelTA learned from Vladimir Nikitin, the head of Mogilev Airport, a subsidiary of Belaeronavigatsiya Company. By prior arrangement with Belavia air carrier, Mogilev airport plans to operate 12 charter flights to Turkey from June to September using Boeing 737 that seat 148 or 128 people, depending on the aircraft modification. Mogilev travel agencies say that Turkey is one of the most popular...

MINSK, 31 January (BelTA) – In January 2017 the first batch of compact tractors Belarus, produced by the Bobruisk Plant of Tractor Parts and Units, was shipped to Bangladesh, which became the 55 th export destination country for the Belarusian company, BelTA has learned. Corona Industries Limited, the Bangladeshi partner of the Belarusian plant, has ordered six tractors, attached implements, and a set of spare parts. Taking into account Bangladesh’s climate, the parties agreed on three...

MOGILEV, 24 January (BelTA) – The Belarusian Interior Ministry will downsize its administrative staff in 2017, Major-General Yuri Karayev, Deputy Interior Minister, Chief of the Internal Troops of the Belarusian Interior Ministry, told reporters as he took part in the meeting of the interior office of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee on 23 January, BelTA has learned. Yuri Karayev said that measures will be taken to reduce the number of executive officers who are not involved in...