Belorusneft has built another prospecting well in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, Russia, the press service of the Belarusian industrial group told BelTA. Prospecting well No.829 has been built in the Metelnoye field deposit. Plans to build it had been prompted by results of seismic surveying work, processing and re-interpretation of field data collected in the Izvestinsky licensed site. Specialists of the Belarusian oil industry R&D institute BelNIPIneft worked out detailed...

MINSK, 18 July (BelTA) – Belarus plans to waive visas for fans ten days before the launch of the 2nd European Games MINSK 2019, the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said during the Consular Day on its Facebook page, BelTA has learned. According to the ministry, the visa-free regime to be applied during the 2nd European Games will be similar to the one used in Belarus during the 2014 IIHF World Championship. To enter Belarus without a visa fans will need to have a valid...

MINSK(BelTA) – Six Belarusian food industry companies have submitted applications to obtain the right to export their products to the European Union, BelTA learned from Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo before the seminar on food export to the European Union on 10 July. The deputy agriculture and food minister said: “So far five Belarusian dairy companies and one fish company – Santa Bremor – have been authorized to export their products to the European...

MINSK (BelTA) – Belarus will host the Ukrainian Cultural Days on 5-10 July, BelTA learned from the Culture Ministry.   An official Ukrainian delegation will be headed by State Secretary of the Ukrainian Culture Ministry Rostislav Karandeyev. The Cultural Days will be officially inaugurated at the Palace of the Republic in Minsk on 5 July. The concert will feature the National Honored Academic Dance Ensemble named after Pavlo Virsky, and also People's Artist of Ukraine Ivo Bobul,...

MINSK(BelTA) – The international youth trade unions forum TEMP 2018 will take place on 26-30 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus. Taking part in the forum will be 200 trade unions activists from 20 countries. Applications were received from Georgia, Egypt, Iran, Latvia, Moldova, Russia and other states. The forum will open with a discussion. It will be attended by top officials of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus and...

MINSK (BelTA) – An investor services center will be established in the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone. The statement was made by the head of the industrial park administration Alexander Yaroshenko during the session of the Exhibitions, Fairs, and Congresses Committee of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 22 May, BelTA has learned.   Alexander Yaroshenko said: “The office building in the park was commissioned last year. There are plans to set up a center...

MINSK(BelTA) – About 25.7 million trees were planted in Belarus during the Forest Week campaign on 14-21 April, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Forestry Ministry.   Seedlings, mostly pines and birches, were planted on the total area of more than 6,700 hectares.   This year the Forest Week campaign was held for the 11th time. Traditionally, representatives of the private sector, public organizations, sports associations, and schools were actively involved...

VITEBSK(BelTA) – Details have been unveiled for the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk festival program, director general of the Vitebsk cultural center, the festival director Alexander Sidorenko told the media on 10 April, BelTA has learned.   The program has been published on the official website of the festival. It includes the events to be held at the Vitebsk concert hall, the Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theater, the Lyalka puppet theater, the Vitebsk Oblast Philharmonic, and...

MINSK, 27 March (BelTA) – The 25th international exhibition Healthcare of Belarus 2018 kicked off in Minsk on 27 March, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry.   The expo features the latest achievements of medical science and healthcare. More than 240 exhibitors from 17 countries will display their products and technologies. Taking part in the exhibition will be world leaders in the medical and pharmaceutical industry, developers of new...

MINSK(BelTA) - Belarus is developing a decree to encourage exporters to participate in international exhibitions, Evgeny Lazarev, senior adviser of the office for coordination of external economic activities at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters, BelTA has learned.   When asked about the decree, Evgeny Lazarev said that such a document is currently being developed. “This is not a simple document. We need to clearly identify and agree on the criteria when assistance...