Brest Oblast Governor Anatoly Lis met with a delegation of Uzbekistan's Jizzakh Region in Brest on 1 August, BelTA has learned The delegation includes the heads of two special economic zones in Uzbekistan, large enterprises, including those with partners in Belarus. The head of Jizzakh region Ergash Saliev outlined three most promising, in his view, areas of interregional cooperation. “First of all, these are the projects in the livestock industry. In Jizzakh Region we have...

The 25th anniversary celebrations of Belarusian Written Language Day will take place in the town of Ivanovo, Brest Oblast. The celebrations will be themed around Native Land, BelTA learned from head of the publishing and printing department of the Information Ministry Yelena Pavlova. The celebrations will kick off in the municipal park at 12:00 on 2 September. The program of the festival will include a ceremony to celebrate winners of the National Literature Award. The contest is...

The Sporovsky Hayfields environmental festival will take place in the village of Vysokoye, Beryoza District, Brest Oblast, on 11 August, BelTA learned from Director of the Sporovsky Biological Reserve Vadim Protasevich. The centerpiece of the festival will be a manual haymaking competition that will take place in the biological reserve for the 12th time already. It will be followed by swamp football. This spectacular event will be held for the 5th time. Applications to take part in...

Contracts worth $2.1 million were signed during the first forum of sister cities and partners of Brest on 26 July, Brest First Vice Mayor Vadim Kravchuk told the media, BelTA has learned. The event is attended by business representatives of Belarus, delegations from 13 countries. Some 20 cooperation agreements in various fields and contracts worth $2.1 million were signed during the forum. “Having organized the forum, we have made a step towards greater visibility and...

An informational and educational cartoon for visa-free tourists has been made in Brest, BelTA learned from representatives of the Sport and Tourism Office of the Brest Oblast Executive Committee on 19 July. So far this year the visa-free travel zone Brest has attracted over 7,500 visa-free travelers from 53 countries. The most active tourists came from Poland. The opportunity to visit Brest and the surrounding area also attracts tourists from Lithuania, Latvia, and Germany. Nikolai...

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Brest Regional Executive Committee is ready to consider and discuss any constructive proposals for the acquisition of stocks of shares of joint-stock companies which charter fund that are partly state-owned. Every year the Brest Region forms a list of joint-stock companies that are partly state-owned to sell their shares to investors. The information on the sizes of stocks and the information memoranda of the companies are posted at the website of the Brest Regional Executive Committee...

A solemn ceremony took place in Brest on 25 January to begin the second stage of the project to build public welfare homes in Brest Oblast using China's technical and economic aid, BelTA has learned. The first stage of the project was implemented in Brest Oblast in 2017, with two 80-apartment houses commissioned in Brest and another two in Pinsk. The next stage provides for building another three public welfare homes in Brest Oblast. A nine-story house for 81 families will be built in...

The International Festival of Classical Music “January Music Nights” is a landmark event for Brest Oblast and the country as a whole, Brest Oblast Governor Anatoly Lis said at the opening ceremony of the 30th festival in the Brest Academic Drama Theater on 9 January, BelTA has learned. “You can judge about the level of the festival by the playbill alone. It features famous artists, world stars. This says a lot. Clearly the festival is a landmark event for Brest Oblast and for...

Organizers:  Brest Regional Executive Committee  the Republic of Belarus  http://www.brest-region.gov.by/ Brest Branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry  http://www.ccibrest.by Venue:    Track and field arena, Brest regional track and field center of the Olympic reserve Brest, 151 Moskovskaya Street The event will serve as a platform for dialogue on issues of current interest in investments, establishment and...