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2 February 2016
MINSK, 2 February (BelTA) – Since 1999 Belarus’ Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection and the UNDP have implemented a number of peatland rehabilitation projects worth about $10 million, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus Sanaka Samarasinha said before the presentation of the National Strategy for Conservation and Rational (Sustainable) Use of Peatlands on 2 February, BelTA has learned. "The United Nations Development Program has...
27 January 2016
MINSK, 27 January (BelTA) – Belarus has approved its Year of Culture events calendar for 2016, BelTA learnt from the Council of Ministers. The plan features various contests, festivals, forum and other events. Thus, among the events slated for 2016 in Belarus in Belarus’ Capital of Culture, Art Patron of the Year of Culture, City of Culture in the Year of Culture (the best tourist center) and Man of the Year of Culture (among cultural workers). The results of the nationwide contests...
19 January 2016
MINSK, 19 January (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to the workers and veterans of Belarusian emergencies bodies who celebrate their professional holiday, Rescuer’s Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “At a word you come to help people, eliminate the consequences of natural disasters protecting the lives and health of our citizens. In difficult situations you always demonstrate exceptional courage and bravery,” the...
12 January 2016
MINSK, 12 January (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent greetings to the participants of the event dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the birth of People’s Artist of the USSR and Belarus Vladimir Mulyavin and congratulated everyone on this remarkable date, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “Vladimir Mulyavin was born in Russia, but he was the son of the Belarusian land in his heart and soul. The legendary band Pesnyary founded by...
6 January 2016
MINSK, 6 January (BelTA) – Belarus will play host to the fourth FISU World University Speed Skating Championships in 2018, Nikolai Ananyev, Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus, Chairman of the Skating Union of Belarus, said at the press conference on 6 January, BelTA has learned. “In 2018 we will host the FISU World University Speed Skating Championships. I am confident that someday we will play host to World Speed Skating Championships as our skating rink meets...
24 December 2015
MINSK, 24 December (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent his best greetings to all Belarusians celebrating Christmas on 25 December, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. “The moral compass of many generations of our ancestors has been shaped under the influence of the Christian faith which embodies the noble ideals of humanism, justice, and mercy,” the message of greetings reads. Just like centuries ago, the great triumph of the...
15 December 2015
MINSK, 15 December (BelTA) – Cooperation of the CIS member states in 2016 will focus on economic affairs. The statement was made by Sergei Lebedev, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, CIS Executive Secretary, before the session of the Council of plenipotentiary representatives of the CIS member states in CIS charter bodies and other ones on 15 December, BelTA has learned. Sergei Lebedev said: “All the innovations, which are scheduled for implementation within the framework of the...
7 December 2015
MINSK, 7 December (BelTA) – The 4G technology will be launched in Belarus on 1 January 2016, First Deputy Minister of Communication and IT Penetration Dmitry Shedko said in an interview to the Belarus One TV Channel, BelTA informs. “4G is currently tested in Minsk. As from 1 January we will have access to this service,” noted Dmitry Shedko. He expressed confidence that Belarus would catch up fast in the positions it is still behind the world’s leading countries in the level of the...
24 November 2015
MINSK, 24 November (BelTA) – Belarus has placed second in the Agro Tourism category of the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Awards. The results were published on the website of the magazine, BelTA has learned. The National Geographic Traveler magazine held a contest for the best tourist destinations in the most popular types of tourism, the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Awards. The online voting was conducted from 29 June through 10 November 2015 in 18 categories such as Beach...
12 November 2015
MINSK, 12 November (BelTA) – In conditions of tough competition Belarus has managed to preserve and increase its export potential, BelTA learned from Ruslan Yesin, Deputy Director of the Foreign Economic Activities Department of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during the 8th German Economy Day in Belarus on 12 November. The official said: “In conditions of tough competition we have managed to preserve and increase the export potential. We have the necessary instruments for...