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MINSK, 20 April (BelTA) - Pope Francis has met with Chernobyl clean-up workers from Belarus and Ukraine, BelTA learned from the Roman Catholic Church in Belarus. “Out of 50 clean-up workers, eight people arrived in the Vatican from Belarus together with Metropolitan of Minsk and Mogilev, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz,” the representative of the Roman Catholic Church in Belarus said. Pope Francis welcomed the pilgrims from Ukraine and Belarus who arrived to the Vatican within the...

MOGILEV, 12 April (BelTA) – The Interbasket 2016 open tournament among teams of sister and partner cities will take place in Mogilev on 12-15 April, BelTA learnt from the Mogilev Department of Education, Sport and Tourism. Partaking in the competitions will be teams from Mogilev, Vologda, Zvenigorod, Smolensk and Penza. Basketball players (born in 2001 and later) will compete for the main trophy of the tournament and also take part in a contest of foul shots and three-pointers. The...

MINSK, 6 April (BelTA) – A meeting of the Union State Council of Ministers will take place in Mogilev on 12 May, BelTA learnt from the website of the Union State Permanent Committee. “Members of the Council of Ministers of the Union State will hold their meeting in the Belarusian city of Mogilev on 12 May,” the information on the website reads. BELARUSIAN NEWS

MOGILEV, 30 March (BelTA) – Mogilev Oblast’s first IT business incubator is supposed to be created in the oblast capital by the end of the year, BelTA learned from Viktor Krasovsky, Deputy Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee, on 30 March. The Mogilev Development Agency is in charge of implementing the project. The agency is now looking for suitable premises. The business incubator project is supposed to attract companies specializing in electronic...

MOGILEV, 23 March (BelTA) – Belarus’ Mogilev Oblast and Russia’s Orel Oblast are interested in deepening industrial cooperation, Chairman of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee Vladimir Domanevsky said as he met with a delegation of Orel Oblast headed by Governor Vadim Potomsky, BelTA has learned. The parties commended the traditionally friendly Belarusian-Russian relations, the willingness to cooperate on the basis of equality, long-term partnership and mutual benefit. The meeting...

MOGILEV, 15 March (BelTA) – In 2016 resident companies of the free economic zone (FEZ) Mogilev intend to increase export by 5.3% from 2015 to $800 million. The information was released by Andrei Yartsev, head of the FEZ Mogilev administration, during the conference held on 15 March to discuss last year’s performance of the free economic zone and this year’s prospects, BelTA has learned. Taking into account new economic conditions this year FEZ Mogilev resident companies will continue...

MINSK, 9 March (BelTA) - Belarus made a debut at the international food and beverage tradeshow Foodex Japan 2016, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. The event has been organized by the biggest international exhibition center Makuhari Messe in Chiba-city. The exhibition has brought together 3,200 exhibitors from 78 countries. The opening ceremony was attended by Belarus’ First Agriculture and Food Deputy Minister Leonid Marinich. The...

MOGILEV, 3 March (BelTA) – Omsk Carbon Group plans to start the production of technical carbon at FEZ Mogilev in late 2016, Mogilev Oblast Vice Governor Dmitry Kharitonchik told a press conference on 2 March, BelTA informs. One of the biggest investment projects was launched at FEZ Mogilev in 2013. As for today the design and budget documentation is ready, the whole complex of construction works is underway and some of the premises have already been built. About 70% of technological...

MINSK, 25 February (BelTA) – Almost 70% of the Polish visas granted to Belarusians in 2015 were multiple-entry, head of the consular section of the Polish Embassy in Belarus Marek Pedzich said at a press conference on 25 February, BelTA has learned. “2015 saw a considerable increase in the number of multiple-entry visas issued by the Polish consular offices in Belarus. There were almost 270,000 of them. The number of long-term visas also rose. By year-end 2015 it was up by 70% from...

MINSK, 18 February (BelTA) – The Order of Mother has been awarded to women with many children from Brest Oblast, Mogilev Oblast and Minsk Oblast. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed the corresponding decree on 17 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. Among the awardees are worker of the Orsha department of the Stolin District Consumer Cooperative Svetlana Gaikevich, weaver of Mogilev-based OAO Mogotex Natalya Litvyakova, milker of the...