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MINSK, 8 February (BelTA) – The Belarus President’s team celebrated their 5 th victory in a row at the ongoing 9 th National Amateur Ice Hockey Tournament for the Prizes of the Presidential Sport Club defeating the Mogilev Oblast team 11-3 at Chizhovka Arena on 6 February, BelTA informs. The hosts started the game quickly, with Sergei Shitkovsky scoring on the second minute after the opening faceoff. The Belarus President’s team sent home three more before the first break. Stepan...

MINSK, 5 February (BelTA) – In the present-day conditions sister-city relations are becoming a robust foundation for increasing and diversifying Belarusian exports, member of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly, Chairman of the Belarusian organization Sister-Cities Boris Batura said at the meeting of the board of the organization on 4 February, BelTA informs. “The sister-city movement is acquiring special significance in the contemporary context and promotes expansion...

MOGILEV, 26 January (BelTA) – Mogilev-based textile producer Lenta plans to set up a joint company with German Hartmann to produce medical goods, BelTA learnt from Lenta Director General Sergei Petrov. The talks with the representatives of Hartmann are underway to decide on possible investing in the Mogilev company to purchase new equipment for building up the company's capacities and expanding the assortment of the medical products. In February representatives of the German company are...

MINSK, 22 December (BelTA) - The consular section of the Polish Embassy in Minsk and the Consulates General in Brest and Grodno issued about 370,000 visas to citizens of Belarus in January-November 2015, Charge d’Affaires of Poland in Belarus Michal Chabros told reporters, BelTA has learned. "This is consistent with the number of visas issued last year," the diplomat said. Out of the total number of visas 25% of them was issued free of charge. Michal Chabros explained that Poland issues...

MOGILEV, 11 January (BelTA) – The Belarusian tire maker Belshina has plans to commission a manufacturing unit to produce tires for heavy and extra heavy-duty dump trucks in 2016, BelTA learned from Belshina Director General Alexei Yakovlev. A large-scale investment project is currently underway at the company’s OTR Tire Plant to retool the manufacturing facilities and launch the production of 57-inch and 63-inch solid metal cord radial tires. The project will help Belshina expand its...

MOGILEV, 5 January (BelTA) – The Mogilev-based manufacturer of engine components Tehnolit will start the batch production of components for ship engines in 2016, the company’s Director Alexander Bodyako told BelTA. Tehnolit will be able to make components for ship engines thanks to the company’s certification by the Russian River Register, which is a federal agency in charge of vessel classification. Now the Belarusian company will be able to fulfill serious orders from Russian...

MINSK, 22 December (BelTA) - The consular section of the Polish Embassy in Minsk and the Consulates General in Brest and Grodno issued about 370,000 visas to citizens of Belarus in January-November 2015, Charge d’Affaires of Poland in Belarus Michal Chabros told reporters, BelTA has learned. "This is consistent with the number of visas issued last year," the diplomat said. Out of the total number of visas 25% of them was issued free of charge. Michal Chabros explained that...

MINSK, 15 December (BelTA) – A declaration of intent was signed by the Belarusian Education Ministry and the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Minsk on 15 December, BelTA has learned. In line with the declaration the sides intend to expand the pilot project that will allow school students in Vitebsk Oblast, Gomel Oblast, and Mogilev Oblast to take DSD-1 exams. It is the kind of exams that school students outside Germany take for the sake of confirming their mastery of German. The...

MOGILEV, 4 December (BelTA) – Russia’s Penza Oblast is interested in Belarus’ dairy farming practices, Deputy Head of the Penza Oblast Government Andrei Burlakov said as he met with Chairman of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee Vladimir Domanevsky on 4 December, BelTA has learned. Penza Oblast decided to study Belarus’ dairy farming practices rather than the Western ones since the country achieved the most impressive results in this area during the times of the Soviet Union....

MINSK, 23 November (BelTA) – The Mogilev Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Georgia’s Autonomous Republic of Adjara signed a cooperation agreement during the business forum Minsk-Batumi held in the Belarusian capital on 20 November, BelTA has learned. “This year has been eventful in terms of business cooperation. A large-scale forum was held in Georgia during the first official visit of Belarus President...