MINSK, 24 March (BelTA) – The turnout at the elections to local councils of deputies of Belarus was at 77.27% by 20:00. By that time some 5,385,922 people voted, BelTA learnt from the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus.
The turnout in Brest Oblast was 80%, in Vitebsk Oblast - 82.29%, Gomel Oblast – 80.83%, Grodno Oblast – 79.96%, Minsk Oblast – 80.74%, Mogilev Oblast – 80.95% and in the city of Minsk – 61.61%.
All 6,169 polling stations closed down at 20:00....
MINSK, 19 March (BelTA) – A total of 484,500 out of 685,000 tickets for the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk have been sold so far, head of the Directorate for the Ice Hockey World Championship Yevgeny Vorsin said at a meeting of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers on 18 March, BelTA has learnt.
One of the issues which topped the agenda of the meeting was the country’s readiness for this world sport forum.
According to Yevgeny Vorsin, some 66,500 out of 484,500...
MINSK, 11 March (BelTA) – Belarus chose the Best Stamp of the Year 2013, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belposhta mail service.
In February Belpochta held a survey on the best stamp Belarus 2013. Anyone could take part in the poll by filling in a questionnaire form and sending their favorite stamp to the Marka publishing center.
The center received almost 2,000 questionnaire forms. Based on the vote count the best stamps of Belarus 2013 were selected. The winner is the...
