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The season of corral hunting for ungulates will open in Belarus on October 1.  This was reported to  BelTA  by the press service of the Ministry of Forestry. The season runs until December 31.  Hunting is allowed on animals of regulated species - elk, wild boar, red and spotted deer, fallow deer, mouflon.  You can hunt by corral and with dogs during daylight hours, from ambush and from approach during the day.  For hunting elk, red deer, fallow deer, adult wild...

Russia's Karelia seeks to develop closer ties with Belarus in culture and sport, Larisa Podsadnik, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, told the media after a meeting with the senior officials of the Grodno regional administration, BelTA has learned. “There are many points of contact: the exchange of athletes, their training. We have a very interesting history. For its part Grodno Oblast has a lot of museums which are attractive in terms of...

Today in Vitebsk, on the basis of Sports School No. 3, a solemn opening of the memorial plaque in memory of the Honored Boxing coach of the USSR, Honorary Citizen of our city Valery Kondratenko took place.  The event was attended by representatives of the regional executive committee, the city executive committee, as well as students of Valery Kondratenko and young boxers. The memorial plaque was sculpted by Alexander Gvozdikov, a member of the Union of Artists of...

Assistant to the President - Inspector for the Vitebsk region Igor Brylo held a "direct line" and reception of citizens in the Shumilinsky district. Residents of the region turned to the Presidential aide with their concerns. A resident of the agricultural town of Nikitikha does not agree with the coefficient of "1.3" when paying for gas supply.  As explained to the man, this coefficient operates in accordance with the current legislation and neither local authorities nor...

Recently, the region hosted a delegation from Shandong Province.  Despite the distance of almost 8 thousand kilometers, the partners find new points of interaction that intersect in the areas of innovation industry, education and youth initiatives.  As a result of the short-term visit, three memoranda of cooperation in the economic and humanitarian spheres were signed today. - Vitebsk region is located at an important point of the "Silk Road Economic Belt".  We can...

The African continent looks promising for exporting Belarusian food products, BelTA learned from Chairman of the Belarusian state food industry concern Belgospishcheprom Oleg Zhidkov before the business forum PromFood began in Minsk. Belgospishcheprom works with over 30 countries across the globe. “The geography of export is constantly transforming. Last week we shipped the first batch of products [malt] to Equatorial Guinea. It was a test batch. It is a new and interesting...