MINSK, 25 August (BelTA) – About $700-800 million will be invested in the implementation of the Big Family program within the next five years, Chairman of the Board of the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Rumas said in an interview to the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned.

MINSK, 18 August (BelTA) - The 10th edition of the international festival of Christian movies and TV programs Magnificat 2014 will take place in Minsk and Glubokoye on 24-28 August 2014. The festival will feature 43 movies from 16 countries, BelTA learnt from the Roman-Catholic Church of Belarus.

MINSK, 18 August (BelTA) – A school for innovative managers may be established in Belarus next year, BelTA learned from Alexander Shumilin, Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee, on 18 August.

KHABAROVSK, 14 August (BelTA-ITAR-TASS) – The authorities of Khabarovsk Krai have already discussed import substitution efforts with food companies in the wake of Russia’s ban on food imports from the West.

MINSK, 14 August (BelTA) – Belarus will present its national exposition at the international fair which is due to take place in Izmir, Turkey on 29 August-2 September, BelTA learnt from Belinterexpo Company of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

VITEBSK, 5 August (BelTA) – The celebration to mark the 100th anniversary of the Roman Catholic Church in Vidzy, Braslav District (Vitebsk Oblast, will include a relay, a secular festival and a solemn service, Rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Priest Alfred told BelTA.

MINSK, 5 August (BelTA) – The Transport and Communications Ministry of Belarus is holding consultations on the construction of a high-speed railway in Belarus, BelTA learnt from First Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Yevgeny Rogachev.

MINSK, 29 July (BelTA) – In order to restore historical heraldic symbols and create new ones in some administrative and territorial units Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree to institute official emblems of these towns, BelTA learned from the presidential press service.

MINSK, 29 July (BelTA) – The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus will monitor wildlife as part of the national environmental monitoring system of the Republic of Belarus. The decision was approved by Decree No.379 “Concerning amendments and additions to the Belarus President’s Decree No.244 of 13 June 2011” which Alexander Lukashenko signed on 28 July, BelTA learnt from the Belarusian press service.

VITEBSK, 21 July (BelTA) – The 23rd International Youth Camp Be-La-Rus will open in Verkhnedvinsk District, Vitebsk Oblast, on 24 July, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk Oblast office of the BRSM Youth Union.

MINSK, 21 July (BelTA) – The U.S. corporation General Electric intends to start making electric drives in Belarus, BelTA learned from representatives of Belarusian Autoworks (BelAZ trademark) after a delegation of the American corporation led by the director general of GE Transportation Mining, a daughter enterprise of General Electric, visited the Belarusian company on 21 July.

VITEBSK, 14 July (BelTA) – The 23rd International Festival of Arts Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk will close on 14 July, BelTA has learned.

MINSK, 14 July (BelTA) – The network of toll roads in Belarus will grow larger by 256km as from 1 August, BelTA learned from the press service of BelToll, the national digital road toll collection system.

VITEBSK, 7 July (BelTA) – By tradition Vitebsk will arrange the event "Visiting Marc and Bella's" to celebrate Marc Chagall's birthday, BelTA learned from Director of the Vitebsk Marc Chagall Museum Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya.

MINSK, 7 July (BelTA) – In June, the national air company Belavia carried more than 250,700 passengers, up 27.6% over June of last year, BelTA learnt from the Belavia press service.

VITEBSK, 30 June (BelTA) – Delegations of Armenia, Bulgaria, Israel, Latvia and Russia took part in the celebrations of the 1040th anniversary of Vitebsk on 28 June, BelTA has learned.

MINSK, 30 June (BelTA) – Large-scale celebrations of Belarus’ Independence Day will start on 1 July, First Deputy Culture Minister Irina Driga told media, BelTA has learned.

VITEBSK, 26 June (BelTA) – By the 23rd international festival of arts, Slavonic Bazaar in Vitebsk, the oblast center will start offering hotel rooms decorated in the style of different countries and continents, BelTA learnt from Director General of Vitebskturist Company Lyudmila Senkovskaya.

MINSK, 26 June (BelTA) – The Investigation Committee of Belarus plans to create its own school for the training of young specialists, chairman of the Investigation Committee of Belarus Valentin Shayev told a press conference, BelTA has learned.

VITEBSK, 23 June (BelTA) – Representatives of Belarus, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Germany will take part in the Energy Week that will be held in Polotsk on 23-29 June, BelTA learnt from the Polotsk District Executive Committee.