MINSK (BelTA) – The Belarusian automobile engineering company BelAZ will ship a batch of 130-tonne haul trucks to Indonesia. The relevant contract with representatives of the company PT Darma Henwa Tbk was signed in Jakarta, BelTA has learned. Eight BelAZ 75131 trucks will be shipped to East Kalimantan Province where they will be used to transport overburden in a coal pit. The vehicles have been tweaked taking into account climatic conditions (a certain type of rubber is used, an air...

MINSK, 2 October (BelTA) – A major transportation and logistics hub will be opened near the border checkpoint Berestovitsa at the Belarusian-Polish border on 10 October, BelTA learned from Director of OOO Bremino Group Oleg Bortsov on 1 October. The executive said: “We opened a transportation and logistics hub near the border checkpoint Bruzgi in 2016. We will open another major transportation and logistics hub near the border checkpoint Berestovitsa in October. We expected the first...

MINSK, 25 September (BelTA) – The number of tourists coming to Belarus rises every year. In 2018 Belarus saw 11.5 million inbound visitors, including 365,500 people from 122 countries buying trips from travel agencies, BelTA learned from the statistics report released by the National Statistics Committee of Belarus on the occasion of World Tourism Day. In 2016 and 2017 Belarus saw over 10.9 million and 11 million arrivals respectively including the people who crossed the state border via...

MINSK, 18 September (BelTA) – This year 76 Belarusian cities and towns have joined the European Mobility Week, which is a record high since the country started participating in this campaign, Oksana Yuchkovich, a consultant with the department for regulation of impacts on the air, climate change and examination at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Protection, said at the press conference on 17 September, BelTA has learned. “The European Mobility Week is an annual...

MINSK, 11 September (BelTA) – The Belt of Friendship made by participants of the 2nd European Games will be presented at the Modern Belarusian Statehood Museum in Minsk on 19 September, BelTA has learned from the National History Museum. The National History Museum set up a Belarusian cultural center in the Athletes' Village during the 2nd European Games, one of the most interesting sports events of 2019. Foreign tourists learned more about Belarusian national costume, household items,...

MINSK(BelTA) – The Belarusian mechanical engineering company Belkommunmash has contracted to supply 100 trolleybuses to Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, BelTA has learned. The contract provides for supplying Model 32100D trolleybuses, which have the capability to travel for up to 15km autonomously. The first shipments are scheduled to take place this year. The final shipments will be delivered in September 2020. Belkommunmash representatives noted that the signing of the large contract had...

Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed Decree No. 301 "On innovative projects", BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian head of state. The document approves amendments and addenda to Belarus' innovative development program for the period of 2016-2020. The decree amends the list of projects that are critical for the country's innovative development. The list features 21 new projects. The number of measures to expand the country's innovative infrastructure is...

MINSK, 29 July (BelTA) – The First Forum of Regions of Belarus and Uzbekistan is kicking off in Minsk with themed panel discussions, BelTA has learned. The forum will feature events on industrial cooperation, the agro-industrial complex and also interaction in the humanitarian, information and communication, and scientific fields. The plenary session scheduled for 30 July will focus on regional cooperation as the key factor for the development of interstate relations. It is expected that...

MINSK, 24 July (BelTA) – The Belarusian capital is featured in CNN's pick of 20 most beautiful European cities without huge crowds of tourists. The article was posted on the website of the company. CNN offers a selection of cities where travelers do not have “to battle through huge crowds of selfie stick-wielding tourists in the likes of Venice, Paris and Amsterdam.” The article invites travelers to wander around the vast Independence Square before taking in the Museum of the Great...

MINSK, 17 July (BelTA) – Belarus is pushing for a broad framework of cooperation on international security and integration, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Andrei Yeudachenka said as he met with heads of diplomatic missions and consular agencies of Belarus on 17 July. Attending the meeting was First Deputy Premier Aleksandr Turchin, BelTA has learned. “Belarus keeps promoting a unifying agenda within the framework of international initiatives of the head of state....