Region
13 March 2018
The Belarus government approved the agreement with the Russian government to establish a transboundary nature reserve Zapovednoye Poozerye. The Council of Ministers issued relevant resolution No.186 on 7 March 2018, BelTA informs with reference to the national legal Internet portal.
The agreement was signed on 30 September 2017 with a view to preserving the unique biological and landscape diversity of the lake districts in Vitebsk Oblast and Russia's Pskov Oblast.
The nature reserve...
6 March 2018
Belarus is interested in establishing an Indian investment cluster in Orsha District, Vitebsk Oblast. The possibility was discussed as Chairman of the International Affairs and National Security Commission of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Sergei Rakhmanov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Belarus Pankaj Saxena in Minsk, the press service of the upper chamber of the Belarusian parliament told BelTA.
Sergei Rakhmanov and...
1 March 2018
Indian companies are interested in investing in the construction of a multimodal industrial and logistics center in the Belarusian town of Bolbasovo, Orsha District, Vitebsk Oblast, BelTA learned from the press service of the Council of the Republic.
Director of the Confederation of Indian Industry Sreekumar Nair told Chairman of the Council of the Republic Mikhail Myasnikovich that the project was submitted to the business community of India. Four companies engaged in such sectors of...
22 February 2018
Belarus and Russia have many points of contact to develop cooperation in the cultural sector, member of the Union State Parliamentary Assembly's Commission on Social Policy, Science, Culture and Humanitarian Affairs, member of the Russian State Duma Olga Germanova said during the meeting of the Union State MPs with Vitebsk Oblast Governor Nikolai Sherstnev on 19 February, BelTA has learned.
"Belarus and Russia have many points to develop cooperation, especially in the cultural sector. We...
14 February 2018
The preparations for the Belarusian-Lithuanian economic forum were discussed by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the Republic of Lithuania Alexander Korol and Lithuanian Economy Minister Virginijus Sinkevicius during a meeting on 13 February, BelTA learned from the press service the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.
The parties discussed the topical issues of the Belarusian-Lithuanian relations in trade and economy and outlined the priorities for...
9 February 2018
The Russian-Belarusian youth creative project "In Motion" got underway in Vitebsk, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk regional committee of the Belarusian BRSM Youth Union.
The project will start with the "Open Dialogue" to discuss "The youth of the two countries is the art without borders" and a dance master class in reggaeton from Russian master Anatoly Kalayev. Experts of the Open Dialogue discussion platform are youth leaders of Vitebsk Oblast of Belarus and Russia's Smolensk Oblast. It...