Belarus will purchase at least 200 Don combine harvesters, deputy head of the main plant cultivation department of the ministry of agriculture and foodstuffs Vladimir Kuratnik told reporters on July 27. According to him, a relevant agreement was reached with the producer of these Russian combiners. Now Dons account for one third of the combine harvesters park of Belarus. These machines are very good in harvesting fields with the average crop capacity of 50-60 centners per hectare. Fields...

Virtually all regions of the republic have started a harvesting campaign. Only ripe crops are harvested. As a BelTA correspondent was informed by chief of the plant cultivation department of the ministry of agriculture and foodstuffs of this republic Vladimir Kuratnik, grain crops were harvested on 74 thousand hectares or three per cent of the total area. Tonight the agricultural companies of Belarus are expected to harvest five per cent of the area under crops; it means a mass harvesting...

The Belarusian emergency ministry is considering the possibility of creating its own university, Belarusian emergency minister Enver Bariyev told the press today. He took part in festivities timed for the graduation ceremony at Gomel Emergency Workers Institute. According to the minister, now Belarus has a system to educate medium and top professionals able to resolve emergency prevention and alleviation tasks. Belarus has two higher educational establishments, a post-graduation education...

The National Library of Belarus handed over 1226 editions of the second half of the 19th century – beginning of the 20th century to the Gomel oblast museum of local lore for its exposition “Prince’s library”. As BelTA was informed by head of the department of the history of the region in the post-Soviet period of the oblast museum of local lore Anna Kuzmich, the museum received historical and medical books, works of the Russian and foreign classics and journals. Most of the books are...

An exercise meant to practise response to an emergency at a chemical enterprise will take place in Svetlogorsk on June 28, 2006. The exercise will be held as part of the Belarusian Red Cross Society project “Building up Emergency Response Potential”. Representatives of the Belarusian Red Cross Society told BelTA, the emergency will be liquidated by units of Gomel region agency of the emergency ministry. The Red Cross officers will provide medical treatment and temporary residence to...

Yekaterina Murashko and Alina Yushko from Gomel won the women’s pair gold medal at the acrobatic world championships in Portugal, BelTA has been told in the ministry of sport and tourism. This is a record high achievement of the Belarusians at world tournaments. The Belarusians were third after the qualifications, with Russian and Chinese pairs taking the lead. However, the Belarusians performed immaculately clean program in the finals to clinch the gold. Russia and China settled for the...

A draft law “On ratifying the loan agreement (project to rehabilitate Chernobyl regions) between the Republic of Belarus and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development” was considered today at an extended meeting of the permanent commission for international affairs and links with the CIS of the Chamber of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus. Deputies decided to propose to add the draft law to the agenda of the next plenary meeting of the session of the...

Tackling organized crime and corruption will be discussed at a regional cooperation meeting of criminal militia agencies of the Belarusian and Ukrainian interior ministries due today in Mozyr. According to the information given to BelTA by chief of the information and PR department of the Belarusian interior ministry Ekaterina Samusenkova-Shelegova, the event will be opened by first deputy foreign minister of Belarus Mayor General of militia Alexander Schurko and deputy interior minister of...

Belarus’ leading confectionaries Gomel-based Spartak and Minsk-based Kommunarka took part in All Candy Expo in Chicago, US. The exhibition was held on June 6-8, BelTA was informed by Spartak’s deputy sales and marketing director Maria Khmeleva. It is the third time that the Belarusian confectioneries take part in the expo. This year they showcased both traditional and new products at their joint stall. Spartak presented gift chocolate boxes “Belarus’ Heritage”, “Mir Castle”...

Gomel-based JSC Spartak and National Museum of Fine Arts of Belarus have launched a joint project on production of chocolate gift boxes “Spadchyna Belarusi” (Belarus’ Heritage), BelTA was informed by Spartak’s sales director Andrei Zhelanov. In his words, the striking peculiarity of “Spadchyna Belarusi” series is its design. Thus, 12 small boxes are fitted inside of a large box featuring Mir Castle and other natural and architectural sights of Belarus. The small boxes are also...