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MOGILEV, 22 February (BelTA) – Mogilev Oblast and Sweden intend to advance economic cooperation. The relevant statement was made as Mogilev Oblast Governor Vladimir Domanevsky met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to Belarus Christina Johannesson on 21 February, BelTA has learned. According to Vladimir Domanevsky, while cooperation between Sweden and Mogilev Oblast in humanitarian affairs is vibrant, the level of trade and investment cooperation falls below the...

MINSK, 8 February (BelTA) – The Orders of Mother have been conferred on 58 women from Vitebsk Oblast, Gomel Oblast, Grodno Oblast, and Mogilev Oblast for giving birth to and bringing up five and more children. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed corresponding Decree No. 57 on 6 February, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. Among the awardees are gardener of Tolochin Canning Factory Anna Gerasimova, worker of the center of creativity for children and...

MOGILEV, 1 February (BelTA) – The serial production of Belarusian-Chinese 25-tonne mobile cranes ZMC-25 has been started in Mogilev. The first special vehicles have already been sold to Russia, BelTA learned from Zoomlion-MAZ Director Yuri Pivovarov. The Belarusian-Chinese joint venture was busy developing and certifying new models throughout last year. The mobile crane ZMC-25 was assembled in Mogilev as a prototype model and went on display in Minsk and Moscow. After filling the order...

MOGILEV, 24 January (BelTA) – The Mogilev Oblast Police Department has worked out a rather effective mechanism for cooperation with Russian Federation law enforcement agencies, BelTA learned from Mogilev Oblast Police Department Chief Alexander Kovalchuk on 23 January. According to the source, traditionally close cooperation has evolved between the Mogilev Oblast Police Department and the police departments in Russia’s Smolensk Oblast and Bryansk Oblast. Joint conferences are held as...

MINSK, 18 January (BelTA) – Belarusian agricultural enterprises of all types (state-run agricultural enterprises, private farming enterprises, and personal subsidiary economies) turned out Br18.2 billion worth of agricultural products in 2017, up 4.1% from 2016 in comparable prices, BelTA learned from the National Statistics Committee of Belarus. The top contributor is Minsk Oblast (23.8% of the country's agricultural output). It is followed by Brest Oblast (18.7%), Gomel Oblast (16.8%),...

MOGILEV, 4 January (BelTA) – The Belarusian branch Sharm Premyer of the Russian Smolensk-based knitted-goods factory Sharm will open garment factories in Krichev and Bobruisk in Q1 2018. The two factories will focus on making the Russian youth apparel lineup Tvoe, BelTA learned from the Belarusian company’s Director Tatiana Andrushchishina. The enterprise in Krichev will use spare premises of the Krichev rubber goods factory of the Belarusian tire maker Belshina. State-of-the-art...

MINSK, 20 December (BelTA) – A total of 5,869 polling stations have been set up for the elections to the local councils of deputies in Belarus in 2018. Such information has been posted on the website of the Belarusian Central Election Commission, BelTA has learned. In particular, 1,022 polling stations have been set up in Gomel Oblast, 991 in Minsk Oblast, 923 in Brest Oblast, 798 in Vitebsk Oblast, 749 in Mogilev Oblast, 711 in the city of Minsk and 675 in Grodno Oblast. A total of 250...

MINSK, 13 December (BelTA) – Belarus has become the first country in the CIS and 13th in the world that have been authorized to supply beef to the Chinese market, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in China. Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats met with the head of the Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Zhi Shuping in Beijing on 12 December. Following the meeting it was announced that two Belarusian meat processing...

MOGILEV, 5 December (BelTA) – The Entrepreneurship Development Ordinance promotes business initiative, Director General of the Mogilevliftmash company, member of the Council of the Republic of Belarus’ National Assembly Boris Kovalevsky told BelTA. In his words, the document will encourage people to start their own business and help them understand that they make a remarkable contribution to the country’s social and economic development. Business forms a competitive environment,...

MOGILEV, 28 November (BelTA) – The first few compact tractors Belarus 321 made by OAO Bobruisk Plant of Tractor Parts and Units (BZTDiA, a division of the Belarusian industrial group MTZ) were shipped to Colombia in November, representatives of the company told BelTA. In line with the contract with the Colombian company MTZ INGENIERIA SAS two Belarus 321 tractors went to South America. The tractors were chosen as the best fit for Colombian farmers. The Belarus 321 tractor is equipped...