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MINSK, 8 November (BelTA) – The situation is improving at OAO Mogilev Plant Strommashina. Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov made the relevant statement during the session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers on 8 November, BelTA has learned. Participants of the session discussed future development plans of the Mogilev-based company as well as plans concerning the Mogilevtransmash factory (a subdivision of Minsk Automobile Plant, which is the managing company of the holding...

MOGILEV, 1 November (BelTA) – Over 80 companies of Mogilev Oblast are set to showcase their products at the 8th international investment forum Mill of Success on 4-5 November, BelTA learned from the economy committee of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee. The presentation of companies and their products will take place at the Olimpiets Sports Center that will also display investment and innovation projects of the oblast. Among the participants of the forum will be well-known companies...

MINSK, 25 October (BelTA) – Belarus and Poland are mulling over the establishment of a wind farm in Zelva, Grodno Oblast, Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Vladimir Ulakhovich told reporters before the Belarusian-Polish economic forum Good Neighborliness 2016 on 24 October, BelTA has learned. “Plans have been made to set up a wind farm in Zelva. The cost of the project is estimated at $3 million,” Vladimir Ulakhovich said. The BCCI chairman said that...

MOGILEV, 18 October (BelTA) – Belarus’ Mogilev Oblast and Latvia have plans to explore new cooperation avenues. A corresponding agreement was reached at the meeting between Mogilev Oblast Governor Vladimir Domanevsky and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Latvia to Belarus Martins Virsis on 18 October, BelTA has learned. The parties noted that Mogilev Oblast and Latvia have great potential for advancing the mutually beneficial interaction. Many Belarusian and Latvian...

MOSCOW, 27 September (BelTA) – Governor of Belarus’ Mogilev Oblast Vladimir Domanevsky and Governor of Russia’s Oryol Oblast Vadim Potomsky have signed the 2016-2018 cooperation roadmap, BelTA learnt from the press service of the government of the Russian region. The document envisages cooperation in trade, economy, investment, the agro-industrial sector, education, culture, the youth policy, and also in industry and construction. Among the events of the roadmap will be joint...

MINSK, 19 September (BelTA) – Belarus is set to take part in the state programs for infrastructure development of Pakistan’s Punjab Province. The matter was discussed at a meeting between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Pakistan Andrei Yermolovich and Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “The parties discussed promising cooperation areas, primarily agriculture, industry,...

MINSK, 14 September (BelTA) – The Belarusian army will carry out a command post exercise designed to practice control over a force group, other troops and military units in a special operation meant to stabilize the situation in several crisis areas of the country on 14-20 September, the press service of the Belarusian Defense Ministry told BelTA. The exercise is part of the combat training schedule for the 2015/2016 academic year and will be supervised by the Chief of the General Staff,...

MINSK, 7 September (BelTA) – A total of 3.92% of voters came to the polls on the first day of early voting for the 2016 parliamentary elections in Belarus. The data was posted on the official website of the Central Election Commission of Belarus, BelTA informs. 2.71% of eligible voters took advantage of early voting in Brest Oblast, with 5%, 3.62% and 3.84% of early votes cast in Vitebsk, Gomel and Grodno Oblasts respectively. The turnout in Minsk Oblast reached 3.7%, while the turnout in...

MINSK, 30 August (BelTA) – Belarus guarantees the most favorable business conditions for Chinese companies, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with the delegation of the People’s Government of Hunan Province (China) led by Changsha Mayor Hu Henghua and Zoomlion President Zhan Chunxin on 29 August, BelTA has learned. Alexander Lukashenko cited the manufacture of pilot samples of construction and municipal equipment of the Chinese company Zoomlion using NAZ chassis as...

MINSK, 19 August (BelTA) - New Apostolic Nuncio (Ambassador of the Vatican) Gabor Pinter arrived in Belarus, BelTA informs with reference to the website of the Roman Catholic Church. At the airport the Apostolic Nuncio was welcomed by all members of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Belarus headed by its Chairman, Metropolitan of Minsk and Mogilev Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz. Gabor Pinter said that he is very happy to arrive in Belarus. “It was very interesting to see from...