A branch of the Confucius class operating in the Belarusian State Physical Culture University will be opened in Vitebsk's secondary school No.45. The plans were discussed at a meeting of interested parties at premises of the Sport and Tourism Office of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee on 21 March, BelTA has learned. Representatives of the Confucius class, the Vitebsk sport wushu school, Vitebsk secondary school No.45, and the travel agency Raidotur took part in the meeting. The...

The Belarus government approved the agreement with the Russian government to establish a transboundary nature reserve Zapovednoye Poozerye. The Council of Ministers issued relevant resolution No.186 on 7 March 2018, BelTA informs with reference to the national legal Internet portal. The agreement was signed on 30 September 2017 with a view to preserving the unique biological and landscape diversity of the lake districts in Vitebsk Oblast and Russia's Pskov Oblast. The nature reserve...

Belarus is interested in establishing an Indian investment cluster in Orsha District, Vitebsk Oblast. The possibility was discussed as Chairman of the International Affairs and National Security Commission of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Sergei Rakhmanov met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Belarus Pankaj Saxena in Minsk, the press service of the upper chamber of the Belarusian parliament told BelTA. Sergei Rakhmanov and...

Indian companies are interested in investing in the construction of a multimodal industrial and logistics center in the Belarusian town of Bolbasovo, Orsha District, Vitebsk Oblast, BelTA learned from the press service of the Council of the Republic. Director of the Confederation of Indian Industry Sreekumar Nair told Chairman of the Council of the Republic Mikhail Myasnikovich that the project was submitted to the business community of India. Four companies engaged in such sectors of...

Belarus and Russia have many points of contact to develop cooperation in the cultural sector, member of the Union State Parliamentary Assembly's Commission on Social Policy, Science, Culture and Humanitarian Affairs, member of the Russian State Duma Olga Germanova said during the meeting of the Union State MPs with Vitebsk Oblast Governor Nikolai Sherstnev on 19 February, BelTA has learned. "Belarus and Russia have many points to develop cooperation, especially in the cultural sector. We...