Region
15 July 2013
MOGILEV, 15 July (BelTA) - Participants of the international youth exchange project of the four countries will meet in Mogilev on 20-29 July, BelTA learned from Anatoly Babakov, Director of the regional organization of the League of Youth Voluntary Service. This is the fourth meeting of young people from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Russia and Belarus. The young people are set to discuss topical themes, and to get acquainted with the cultural traditions of the participating...
28 June 2013
MOGILEV, 27 June (BelTA) – The jury panel of the 20th International Festival of Church Music “Mighty God” decided not to award the Grand Prix in the competition program among choirs and vocal groups this year, BelTA learned from the chairman of the jury panel, honored arts worker of Russia Professor Stanislav Kalinin. "The level of the forum is very high. We want it to remain so. Therefore the jury decided not to award the Grand Prix this year,” Stanislav Kalinin said. The first...
28 May 2013
MOGILEV, 28 May (BelTA) – The 3rd sculpture plein air Stone Tale will bring together sculptors and architects from six countries. The theme of the event, which is due to be held from 30 May to 1 July, is World. Beauty. Harmony, BelTA learnt from chief specialist of the cultural department of the Mogilev City Hall Tatiana Tolkacheva. Partaking in the plein air will be 10 talented masters from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. As for Russia, representatives of...
2 May 2013
MINSK, 2 May (BelTA) – Mogilev will host an exhibition as part of the Zabot art project in July this year, BelTA learned from the organizing committee of the event. The art competition "Na Zabore" has already been held in Vitebsk and Gomel. Now it has kicked off in Mogilev. The contest is open to applications from local artists until 29 May inclusive. The competition preceds the exhibition of the Zabor art project in Mogilev. The Zabor art project is an exhibition of reproductions of...
25 April 2013
MOGILEV, 25 April (BelTA) – Chilean companies and agencies got interested in the special-purpose textile produced by OAO Mogotex. The company presented its product during a visit to Chile, BelTA learnt from Mogotex Director Viktor Matiyevich. Rapid development of the mining industry in the country gave rise to a number of mines and a demand for special-purpose apparel for miners. Vicinity to the coastal area and fish industry development requires fabric with waterproof and windproof...
15 February 2013
MINSK, 15 February (BelTA) – The Belarusian-Russian first regional forum will take place in Mogilev Oblast in October 2013, Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Anatoly Rubinov said as he met with First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Alexander Torshin on 15 February.Mogilev Oblast has been suggested as the region that boasts extensive cooperation, including cross-border ties, with Russian regions, Anatoly...
14 February 2013
MINSK, 14 February (BelTA) - Belarus will attend the OSCE conference “Internet 2013 - Shaping policies to advance media freedom” to be held in Vienna on 14-15 February, BelTA learnt from Vladimir Ryabovolov, the first deputy head of the operations and analysis center under the President of Belarus. The conference will bring together approximately 250 participants from across the OSCE region. The Belarusian delegation will be led by Vladimir Ryabovolov, the first deputy head of the...
7 February 2013
MINSK, 7 February (BelTA) – Mogilev Railway Car Building Plant which is part of BelAZ Holding Company is planning to increase the production of freight wagons by 12% to 2,800 in 2013, BelTA learned from BelAZ Holding Company. The plant will export at least 50% of its output. The main gal is to satisfy domestic demand for freight wagons, according to BelAZ. In line with the Belarusian state program of railway transport development for 2011-2015, Belarusian Railways needs 2,500 freight...
29 January 2013
MOGILEV, 29 January (BelTA) – A holographic copy of the Cross of Euphrosyne of Polotsk will be made for Mogilev. The collective image of the relic will go back to the place where the original, made by Lazar Bogsha in 1161, was kept from 1929 until the Great Patriotic War, BelTA learnt from Alexander Khokhryakov, Director of the Mogilev Oblast Art Museum n.a. Pavel Maslenikov.The holographic copy is made from the relic reconstructed by Brest craftsman Nikolai Kuzmich as the whereabouts of...
18 January 2013
MOGILEV, 18 January (BelTA) – Theaters from eight countries will bring their plays to the 8th International Youth Theater Forum M@rt.kontakt which is due in Mogilev on 21-27 March, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the forum, Deputy Chairman of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee Valery Malashko told a press conference on 17 January.This time Melpomene fans will see fewer plays than usual: just 14. However, the geography of the participants of the forum has considerably widened....