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MOGILEV, 28 October (BelTA) – A new project, City Parks, launched in Mogilev by the Center of City Initiatives, will improve the city ecology and approaches to address the issues of the kind, BelTA learnt from head of the center Yuri Stukalov. “Park and green zones are an important component of the city’s environment, its looks. Unfortunately, the situation at many of them is unsatisfactory today. We should understand that here not only the decisions of local authorities and the work...

MOGILEV, 17 October (BelTA) – Businessmen from more than 20 countries will take part in the 7 th international investment forum, Mogilev Oblast – a Path to Success. The forum will take place in Mogilev on 5-7 November, BelTA learnt from head of the department of investment and innovation activity of the economy committee at Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee Yevgeny Yakimov. One hundred representatives of business circles and delegations confirmed their participation in the forum. Among...

MOGILEV, 8 October (BelTA) – An international forum, Traditional Culture as a Strategic Resource for Sustainable Development of the Society, will be held in Mogilev on 15-16 October, BelTA learnt from Director of the Mogilev Oblast Center of Popular Art and Cultural Enlightenment Work Oleg Khmelkov. The forum in its third year will include a number of celebration events to mark the 75th anniversary of the cultural establishment. The participants of the forum will be able to enjoy the...

MINSK, 3 October (BelTA) – Promagroleasing has concluded a $1.8 million contract with the Mongolian company Hera Equipment LLC, BelTA learnt from the Promagroleasing press center. The contract envisages the delivery of 30 hopper cars of the Mogilev Carriage Works to Mongolia for cement transportation under the terms of payment in installments. The batch was supplied to Mongolia in late September. Hera Equipment LLC specializes in the sales of construction, road construction and...

Leonid Yakubovich, host of a well-known Russian TV show Pole Chudes (Field of Wonders), will attend the 17th international festival of animated films Animayevka 2014 as a guest of honor. The festival will take place in Mogilev on 17-21 September, BelTA learnt from the administration of the Mogilev state company Kinovideoprokat. Leonid Yakubovich has voiced Bazilio the Cat in a full-length animated film, Buratino is Coming Back. The animation will premiere in Mogilev on 18 September in the...

MOGILEV, 3 September (BelTA) – The draft ordinance on tougher punishment for mismanagement and tougher requirements for senior executives will be finalized. The document will grant more powers to company heads, Head of the Belarus President Administration Andrei Kobyakov said answering a question of a BelTA journalist. Andrei Kobyakov was on a working trip to Mogilev Oblast on 3 September. He reminded that the draft ordinance had been recently discussed at a meeting presided by the head...

MOGILEV, 20 August (BelTA) – Mogilev Oblast is set to implement several infrastructure projects with the help of foreign donors, Mogilev Oblast Vice Governor Viktor Nekrashevich said at a session of the Business Promotion Council on 20 August, BelTA has learned. “We have already submitted several infrastructure projects to the Economy Ministry. We are ready to materialize these projects with the help of external donors, in particular, international financial institutions or...

MOGILEV, 6 August (BelTA) – The Mogilev Oblast organization of the Belarusian Red Cross Society has launched a support project for refugees from Ukraine, BelTA learnt from Chairman of the oblast organization Andrei Nikitin. The organization is collecting clothes, footwear, bedlinen, personal hygiene products, long-lived foodstuffs for the residents of the region. “A total of 68 citizens of Ukraine addressed us from 1 March to 4 August. All of them are provided with food and hygiene...

MOGILEV, 31 July (BelTA) - The number of Ukrainians who came to Mogilev Oblast increased by about 30% in April-July from the same period last year. These are mainly refugees from the Ukrainian south-east regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, said Sergei Kryukov, the head of the citizenship and migration department at the interior office of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee. "At this point Mogilev Oblast registered 1,535 newly arrived citizens of Ukraine,” said Sergey Kryukov. “200...

MOGILEV, 18 July (BelTA) - Archaeologists speculate they found a prince's court during the excavations on the Castle Hill in Mstislavl, BelTA learnt from the supervisor of the excavations, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Igor Marzalyuk. "We make this conclusion based on a large quantity of unique and very valuable objects we found here such as a 12th-century birchbark manuscript, many elements of ancient weapons, leather clothing, shoes and rich decorations. Among them is a...