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MINSK, 22 February (BelTA) – Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov instructed the Architecture and Construction Ministry to boost the export of construction services at the session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers held on 21 February to discuss Belarus’ social and economic development in January 2017 and measures to ensure economic growth in Q1 2017, BelTA has learned. “I am concerned with the continuing decline in the gross value added in the construction sector. The...

MINSK, 15 February (BelTA) – Opportunities of economic cooperation with Belarus were presented in Canada during a visit of Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Oleg Kravchenko to this country, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Belarusian diplomat attended an economic workshop organized by the Belarusian Embassy in Canada jointly with the Mogilev Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Canada Eurasia...

MOGILEV, 8 February (BelTA) – Mogilev airport will launch charter flights to Turkey in June, BelTA learned from Vladimir Nikitin, the head of Mogilev Airport, a subsidiary of Belaeronavigatsiya Company. By prior arrangement with Belavia air carrier, Mogilev airport plans to operate 12 charter flights to Turkey from June to September using Boeing 737 that seat 148 or 128 people, depending on the aircraft modification. Mogilev travel agencies say that Turkey is one of the most popular...

MINSK, 31 January (BelTA) – In January 2017 the first batch of compact tractors Belarus, produced by the Bobruisk Plant of Tractor Parts and Units, was shipped to Bangladesh, which became the 55 th export destination country for the Belarusian company, BelTA has learned. Corona Industries Limited, the Bangladeshi partner of the Belarusian plant, has ordered six tractors, attached implements, and a set of spare parts. Taking into account Bangladesh’s climate, the parties agreed on three...

MOGILEV, 24 January (BelTA) – The Belarusian Interior Ministry will downsize its administrative staff in 2017, Major-General Yuri Karayev, Deputy Interior Minister, Chief of the Internal Troops of the Belarusian Interior Ministry, told reporters as he took part in the meeting of the interior office of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee on 23 January, BelTA has learned. Yuri Karayev said that measures will be taken to reduce the number of executive officers who are not involved in...

MOGILEV, 17 January (BelTA) –The Domostroenie branch of the Shklov-based newsprint mill will build and ship more than 70 frame-panel houses to France in 2017 or twice as much as in 2016, representatives of the company told BelTA. The negotiations with French real estate development companies started several years ago. The first orders for building 37 stick-frame houses were signed only in 2016. “The product is popular with French customers because our houses are delivered almost ready...

MOGILEV, 11 January (BelTA) – The first five tractors Belarus-320.4 by Bobruisk Plant of Tractor Parts and Units (BZTDiA trademark) have been shipped to Russia’s Sakhalin Oblast within the framework of the Far East Hectare program, BelTA learned from the marketing department of the plant. The tractors were sent under the state support program. The recipients are five residents of Tymovsky District of Sakhalin Oblast who concluded preferential leasing contracts for Belarus tractors and...

MOGILEV, 5 January (BelTA) – Mogilevobltourist travel company is preparing a new tourist route “A stroll with Nicholas II around Mogilev”, BelTA learned from Mogilevobltourist director Yelena Karpenko. Nicholas II had many ties with Mogilev. In August 1915, Stavka (the high command of the Armed Forces in the Russian Empire) was re-located from Baranovichi to Mogilev. Thus Mogilev, we can say, became a temporary residence of the Tsar family. The Emperor loved to make walks on foot or...

MOGILEV, 27 December (BelTA) – A Confucius classroom for studying the Chinese language and the Chinese culture was opened in Mogilev’s gymnasium No. 3 on 26 December, BelTA has learned. Students of the gymnasium have been studying Chinese as an extracurricular activity for two years now. Their interest in the Chinese culture is strong, with about 200 guys and girls taking the classes. Many of them intend to continue studying foreign languages in university. Thanks to the opening of the...

MINSK, 21 December (BelTA) – Over 1.6 million tonnes of oil is extracted in Belarus every year. Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Rusy made the statement during the joint session of both chambers of the Belarusian parliament on 21 December, BelTA has learned. According to the source, there are 82 discovered oil deposits in the country, including two oil-and-gas condensate deposits. All the discovered deposits are tied to the Pripyat Trough and can be found in Gomel Oblast and...