Brest is planning to host the first international cyberfest in May 2020, Brest First Vice Mayor Vadim Kravchuk told BelTA. “Brest Mayor Aleksandr Rogachuk has set a goal to pay more attention to two aspects: the IT and tourism. There is a lot to be done and many interesting projects to be implemented,” Vadim Kravchuk said. Thus, the cyberfest may be held in the spring. One of the city educational institutions will host it. The event has drawn the attention of the Brest Science...

The Victory Relay campaign kicked off at the Brest Hero Fortress Memorial on 5 February. The relay will travel the external borders of the CIS member states, BelTA has learned. The relay is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory and is held under the decision of the CIS heads of state following the proposal of the CIS Council of Border Guard Commanders. The Victory Relay campaign kicked off in Brest and Russia's Murmansk on one day and will follow two routes across ten...

Belarus' Beryoza District, Brest Oblast, will implement a project to promote agro-eco-entrepreneurship, BelTA learned from Director of the Vysokoye Environmental and Local Lore Center Natalia Strok. The center became one of the winners of the contest of initiatives aimed at promoting business support infrastructure as part of the Local Economic Development Support Programme in the Republic of Belarus run by the EU and the United Nations Development Programme. Belarus' Beryoza...

The BRSM Youth Union intends to organize an international culture festival in Brest Oblast, BelTA learned from Second Secretary of the BRSM Central Committee Oleg Dikun. “In 2019 the BRSM employed over 26,000 people in student brigades. This year we intend to raise the bar. As usual, Belarusian students will work abroad, in Moldova and Russia. We are trying to expand the list of countries. We would like to give students from Brest an opportunity to work in Poland and vice versa,”...

Brest Oblast will bring a collective exposition to the Adventur 2020, the largest tourism exhibition in the Baltic states, due in Vilnius on 24-26 January, BelTA has learned from Elena Pivnik, the deputy director for foreign economic cooperation of the Brest Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BelCCI). The BelCCI regional branch teamed up with the sport and tourism department of the Brest Oblast Executive Committee to organize a business trip to the capital of...

Kamenets District in Brest Oblast and the city of Hajnowka in Poland's Podlaskie Province are keen to enhance economic and social cooperation, Chairman of the Kamenets District Executive Committee Valentin Zaichuk told BelTA. The partnership agreement between the two neighboring regions was signed in 2002. The parties updated the agreement on 17 January. The new version of the document was signed by Valentin Zaichuk and Hajnowka Mayor Jerzy Sirak. The agreement provides for...

  On 14 January, the Bible of Brest, or the so-called Radziwill Bible, was put on public display in the Brest History Museum for the first time. The Belarusian president presented the bible to Brest in September 2019 as the city celebrated its millennium birthday. The unique book was put in a special display case with an active microclimate. The event brought together representatives of government authorities, embassies, art community and academia. Source: infarmation agency BelTA

The Brest Hero Fortress Memorial Complex is to launch a new museum project in summer. The project is financed by the Belarus-Russia Union State, Director of the memorial complex Grigory Bysyuk told BelTA. The citadel is undergoing capital repairs, restoration and preservation of individual structures as part of the Union State project in 2018-2020. The work on the Eastern Fort began in the second half of 2019. Documents on capital repairs, restoration, conservation of the facilities of...

Brest Oblast is set to attract at least $90 million in foreign direct investments on a net basis in 2020, Brest Oblast Vice Governor Andrei Klets said at a joint session of the Brest Oblast Executive Committee and the Brest Oblast Council of Deputies, BelTA has learned. The main investment driver is the Brest Free Economic Zone that is expected to account for almost 50% of the total volume of foreign direct investments. The city of Brest aims to raise $15 million in foreign direct...

We will hold a forum dedicated to tourism on the sidelines of the 5th International B2B Contact Fair BREST 2020 on 24-25 April 2020, Denis Nikitiuk, Head of Tourism at the Sports Directorate of the Brest Oblast Executive Committee, told BelTA. Tourism has been gaining momentum in the south-west region of Belarus. The local authorities have decided to put the spotlight on this topic by organizing a relevant forum. The Brest regional administration has already started developing the...