14 February 2019
Sergei Zhunin was a third-class intendant of a tank regiment of the Western Front when the war broke out. In July 1941, he took the lead of a group of soldiers who stayed in the enemy rear in Mogilev Oblast. Within a year, the group turned into "Sergei’s" unit. Later, he was also put in charge of the Krugloye military-operational unit that incorporated partisan units from the whole district.
“Partisan Chronicles: Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Zhunin” is a new page of the joint...
7 February 2019
The 5th Mogilev Science Festival will gather young scientists in the Belarusian-Russian University on 20-22 February, the university informed BelTA.
The festival has become an important social event in Mogilev’s life and traditionally gathers guests from different countries: students of high schools, lyceums, colleges, and universities, post graduate students, school and university teachers who participate in science and technology youth initiatives.
During the event, young...
31 January 2019
Bobruiskagromash (Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast) hosted a delegation from Agri Kymi OY (Kouvola, Finland) headed by manager Hanna Pulkkanen.
The guests took a guided tour around the company, and held talks with Bobruiskagromash managers on the ways of boosting ties. In particular, the parties agreed to increase the shipments of machines for liquid organic fertilizer application and rotary mowers to Finland by 30-50% in H1 2019. The Finnish company expressed interest in the machines for...
14 February 2019
Drinking water in Belarus meets the international safety standards including the standards of the World Health Organization, Head Doctor of the National Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health Anzhela Skuranovich said as she attended the opening ceremony of the international conference Modern Trends in Water Supply and Sanitation Development dedicated to the 145th anniversary of Minskvodokanal water services company, BelTA has learned.
Anzhela Skuranovich noted successful...
7 February 2019
Minsk plans to host an international conference on children and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2019, Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN Valentin Rybakov said as he addressed the first regular session of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) which is running in the UN Headquarters in New York on February 5-7, BelTA has learned.
The diplomat noted that this year celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the...
31 January 2019
Belarus expects the BelNPP project will get equal treatment during the Espoo Convention intermediary session, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.
A Belarusian delegation will take part in the intermediary session of the meeting of the parties to the Espoo Convention in Geneva on 5-7 February. The meeting is slated to discuss and adopt the draft decisions relating to the general and country-specific compliance with the...
