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MOGILEV, 28 June (BelTA) - Mogilev and Chinese Zhengzhou signed a program of cooperation for 2016-2017. The document was signed by Chairman of the Mogilev City Hall Vladimir Tsumarev and Vice Mayor of the People's Government of Zhengzhou City Xue Yunwei, BelTA has learned. According to Vladimir Tsumarev, this document will help raise a level of cooperation between the two cities which became sister cities two years ago. “Before that we participated in joint cultural events. Now it is time...

MOGILEV, 23 June (BelTA) – Focus on innovations in modernizing the economy will give Belarus a competitive edge on the global market. The statement was made by Alla Bogatenko, Head of the Economy Office of the Mogilev City Executive Committee, as she commented on the speech Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made during the fifth Belarusian People’s Congress on 22 June, BelTA has learned. The Belarus president clearly outlined vectors for the perspective development of the economy...

MINSK, 17 June (BelTA) – Centers for economic growth will be set up in the regions of Belarus. The decision is envisaged in Belarus’ draft social and development program for 2016-2020, which is to be discussed at the 5 th Belarusian People’s Congress, BelTA has learned. Centers for economic growth will be established through the concentration of resources on the key areas, able to ensure maximal development of the territories, efficient use of the local resource potential and...

MOGILEV, 10 June (BelTA) – Mogilev Oblast and Tula Oblast, Russia intend to develop and deepen manufacturing cooperation ties. The interest was confirmed during the meeting of Mogilev Oblast Governor Vladimir Domanevsky and a delegation of Tula Oblast led by First Vice Governor Yuri Andrianov, BelTA has learned. The meeting in Mogilev was the logical continuation of the agreement on cooperation between Mogilev Oblast and Tula Oblast in trade, economic, scientific, technical, and cultural...

MOGILEV, 3 June (BelTA) - More than 600 artisans from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and Lithuania will take part in the Ivan Kupala Festival (Alexandriya Gathers Friends) which will be held in the town of Alexandriya, Shklov District on 9-10 July, BelTA learned from Oleg Khmelkov, Director of the Mogilev Regional Methodological Center of Folk Art and Cultural Education. The concept of the festival is built around the theme “The Town of Friendship with Minsk, Moscow and Kiev Streets”. An art...

MOGILEV, 26 May (BelTA) – The German company Interregional Energy Company GmbH will build three solar power plants and a biogas complex in Kostyukovichi District, BelTA learned from representatives of the Economy Committee of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee. Belarus and the German company have signed two investment contracts worth a total of Br85 billion. These projects provide for building three photovoltaic power plants with the total output capacity of 4.5MW (1.5MW each) and a...

MOGILEV, 19 May (BelTA) – Over 200 tractors of the Bobruisk Plant of Tractor Parts and Units will be assembled by a joint company in Serbia in 2016-2017, BelTA learnt from the company. “The joint tractor assemble plant set up at the basis of Belarus-Agropanonka in Serbia two years ago has been gradually strengthening its positions on the domestic market and sells Bobruisk machinery to the neighboring countries of the Balkan peninsula. Over 70 tractors have already been sold. In the...

MINSK, 11 May (BelTA) – Mogilev will play host to a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Belarus-Russia Union State on 12 May, BelTA learned from spokesman for the Belarusian Prime Minister Vladislav Sychevich. The meeting will be attended by Russia and Belarus Prime Ministers Dmitry Medvedev and Andrei Kobyakov. The agenda of the meeting includes 27 issues. The main block is about trade and economic cooperation. The meeting will discuss the action plan to establish additional...

MINSK, 3 May (BelTA) – The Bobruisk Plant of Tractor Parts and Units plans to increase its supplies to Russia’s Yakutia, BelTA learnt from the Industry Ministry of Belarus. “The Belarusian company launched its cooperation with Yakutia in 2015 when it shipped seven vehicles to the region. This year the Bobruisk plant has already delivered eight tractors to Yakutia. Ten more are to be shipped in the near future,” representatives of the ministry said. Not long ago a delegation from...

MINSK, 26 April (BelTA) - The terms and conditions of Russian gas supply to Belarus may be discussed on the sidelines of the session of the Council of Ministers of the Belarus-Russia Union State in Mogilev on 12 May, State Secretary of the Union State Grigory Rapota told media after a meeting with Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov on 26 April, BelTA has learned. “Gas supply issues are discussed separately, not in the framework of the Union State. Most likely this topic will be...