MINSK(BelTA) – Belarus First Vice Prime Minister Alexander Turchin held a working meeting with Stadler Rail Group CEO Peter Spuhler, BelTA learned from the press service of the government. The parties discussed further prospects of investment cooperation between Stadler and Belarus. Peter Spuhler informed Alexander Turchin about the plans to set up the production of converters for trams and trains in Belarus. Stadler Minsk plans to promote this product to the markets of the Western...

MINSK(BelTA) – The 23rd international exhibition Mass Media in Belarus will take place in Minsk on 2-4 May, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Information Ministry. It is expected that the expo will feature at least 100 exhibitors that display about 500 printed mass media outlets, TV and radio programs and channels from Belarus, Russia, China, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Latvia, India, Germany, Turkey, Georgia, and other countries. The total area of the exposition will...

MINSK, 6 February (BelTA) – 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...

MINSK (BelTA) – Belarus and the World Chess Federation (FIDE) have signed a contract on the organization of the 2022 World Chess Olympiad in Minsk and also the FIDE Women's World Championship in 2020, the FIDE Men's World Championship in 2021 and the FIDE Congress in 2022. The signing ceremony took place at the National Olympic Committee on 29 January, BelTA has learned. The document was signed by FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, Belarusian Sport and Tourism Minister Sergei Kovalchuk...

MINSK (BelTA) – Belarus views green economy and low-carbon sustainable development as a strategic vector. Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Andrei Khudyk made the statement during the 24th conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, BelTA has learned. Andrei Khudyk drew attention to the implementation of the mechanisms of global response to the threat of climate change by the Paris Agreement signatories and the adoption of...

MINSK (BelTA) – The Budslau Fest has been added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. “During the 13th session the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage unanimously supported the decision to inscribe “Celebration in Honor of the Budslau Icon of Our Lady (Budslau Fest) on the UNESCO Representative List of the...

MINSK (BelTA) – The Belarusian Sports and Tourism Ministry and the TV channel Euronews have prepared videos about Belarus' tourism potential, BelTA has learned. The relevant contract was signed by Belarusian Sports and Tourism Minister Sergei Kovalchuk and Euronews International Sales Director Kjell Stein in Minsk on 20 November. The contract provides for broadcasting five videos about the country's tourism potential. The videos have been created upon orders of the National Tourism Agency...

Belarusian universities will have a chance to participate in R&D projects of the University of Bologna. The matter was discussed at a meeting between Belarus’ Ambassador to Italy Alexander Guryanov and University of Bologna Rector Francesco Ubertini, BelTA learned from the Belarusian diplomatic mission. The ambassador and the rector of the oldest and one of the leading universities in Europe reached an agreement to expand inter-university cooperation, hold meetings at the level of...

MINSK (BelTA) – The 24th edition of the international food industry expo PRODEXPO 2018 will be held at the Belexpo national exhibition center from 23 to 26 October, BelTA learned from the organizers. The participants of the business meetings will generalize the international experience of manufacture and promotion of food products. Workshops will be held to discuss the interaction with partners and exports to Southeast Asian countries, the safety and protection of the Belarusian brands...

VITEBSK(BelTA) – A national center on World Trade Organization affairs will be set up in Belarus by 2020, BelTA learned from Maksim Gubsky, supervisor of the UNDP project on assisting the Belarusian government with joining the WTO by enhancing the national institutional capacity and expertise. The WTO affairs center will perform consulting functions, including the analysis of economic consequences of joining the WTO. It will work out recommendations on improving the national laws and will...