Healthcare workers are grateful to the people for their support, Deputy Chief Physician of Brest Oblast Teaching Hospital Vyacheslav Gavrilenko said as he met with representatives of the local branch of the Belarusian Union of Women, BelTA has learned. “It is a difficult period, the workload is huge, but we are coping. We are very grateful for financial and moral support. There cannot be too much of it in this situation,” Vyacheslav Gavrilenko said. “A lot of people have decided to...

The Brest Science and Technology Park has joined the initiative to provide healthcare workers with the personal protective equipment, BelTA learned from director of the park Dmitry Makaruk. The park started making component parts for face shields. A separate room was allocated to put these parts together. The park has already received more than 20 orders for face protection from healthcare facilities and medical workers. “Our center of collective use has 3D printers that are used...

The 5th B2B Contact Fair Brest 2020 has been moved to October 2020, BelTA learned from the organizers of the event. “Due to the current epidemiological situation and measures taken by Belarus to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the 5th B2B Contact Fair Brest 2020 will not be held on 24-25 April. We have decided to postpone the event. The preliminary date is 29-30 October,” the organizers noted. The forum will be centered around services export. The program includes...

Brest Oblast has launched an open competitive selection of projects (works, events) to be funded from the Brest Oblast Executive Committee's innovation fund in 2021, and projects under the regional scientific and technical program "Innovative development of Brest Oblast", BelTA learned from the Brest Oblast Executive Committee. The main goal of the traditional competition is to create conditions for the development of high-tech industries and to commercialize the results of scientific...

Brest Oblast and Ukraine's Lvov Oblast are keen to strengthen cooperation. Appropriate agreements were reached during the visit of a Belarusian delegation to Lvov, Ukraine, BelTA learned from Brest Oblast Deputy Governor Gennady Borisyuk. “Representatives of Lvov Oblast showed genuine interest in cooperation, we have something to learn from each other. In 2004 our regions concluded a cooperation agreement. Since then our relations have been improving steadily, but the document should...

The development of customs transit is a matter of principle for the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia Vladimir Bulavin made the statement during the 34th session of the joint board of the customs services of the Customs Union member states in Brest on 12 March, BelTA has learned. A pilot project to use intelligent electronic locks as part of container transportation by rail between China and Europe was one of the 24 items on the session's...

FC Dinamo Minsk have won the Belarus' Super Cup trophy for the third time in a row, BelTA has learned. On 4 March, the country's champion washed out FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2-0 in the opener of the new football season on FC Minsk home ground. Brest opened the scoring three minutes into the game. Trailing down Shakhtyor produced a number of fast counterattacks but failed to capitalize on any of them. Dinamo Brest scored their second one some 30 minutes later. In the second half...

A delegation of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia led by Speaker Valentina Matviyenko is expected to pay an official visit to Belarus on 5-6 March, BelTA learned from the press service of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus. On 5 March, Valentina Matviyenko is set to meet with Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova. The one-on-one talks will be followed by a meeting with the delegations of the two countries. On this...

The free economic zone (FEZ) Brest will finish creating infrastructure in its Italian industrial district this year, BelTA learned from Head of the FEZ Brest Administration Fyodor Kolonchuk. “The work to set up an Italian industrial district in the industrial area Airport has been going on for several years. We intend to finish the project this year. The land plot occupies 26ha. It will have all the necessary engineering and transport infrastructure, including streets and roads,...

Charter flights from the Brest airport will connect the Belarusian city with sea resorts of five other countries this year, BelTA learned from Deputy Head of the Brest branch of the state enterprise Belaeronavigatsia Aleksandr Dokuchits. Charter flights fly from Brest to Egypt all the year round. Aircraft leave Brest for Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh six times per month. However, the frequency of the flights will be doubled starting April. The tours are designed to last for seven...