Yuliya Nesterenko Brest Oblast will be the first region to welcome the 2nd European Games Flame of Peace torch relay in Belarus, BelTA learned from the seminar held in Brest on 19 March to discuss organizational matters of the sport forum. The Flame of Peace will arrive at the Polish-Belarusian border near Brest in the second half of 12 May. The flame of the 2nd European Games will be carried to the Brest Hero Fortress Memorial. A concert to celebrate the Flame of Peace in Belarus...

A new resident company of the Brest Free Economic Zone will set up a woodworking manufacture. The Brest FEZ registered the company owned by Polish entrepreneur Adam Daszkowski. The businessman is the founder of ADPOL Sp. Z.O.O. which produces windows, doors, and other products using English technologies. The company has been operating successfully in the markets of Poland, Germany, the UK, Sweden, and other countries for more than 30 years. The preferences to foreign investors, raw...

The international multi-genre festival-competition Millennium kicked off in Brest on 14 March. The event has drawn around 3,000 representatives of Belarus, Russia, Moldova, and Poland. The major events of the festival will be running in the Palace of Culture of Trade Unions till 17 March. The contestants will compete in vocal, choreographic, instrumental, theatrical and visual arts. Winners of the festival will get money prizes and awards. The absolute winner will be gifted with an LCD...

The winner of the competition for the best logo “Brest is the CIS Capital of Culture 2019” has been chosen, BelTA learned from the Brest city administration. A solemn event to mark the designation of the CIS Capital of Culture status to Brest will take place in April. The logo of the project is to be used in the city's decorations and during all the events of this international cultural project, as well as on printed products and souvenirs. “Dozens of logo designs were submitted...

The historical exposition headlined as The Chronicle of the Brest Fortress opened in the south-eastern barracks of the citadel on 31 January. It tells about the events in the 180-year history of the Brest Fortress, director of the Brest Fortress memorial complex Grigory Bysyuk told BelTA. The exposition has been arranged as part of the Belarus-Russia Union State project named “Major repairs, restoration, and commemoration of the Brest Fortress in the Brest Hero Fortress memorial...

On 30 January, Brest Local History Museum presented the project 12 Artifacts For the Millennium of Brest. Every month of 2019, Brest residents and visitors will have an opportunity to see rare exhibits from the museum's collections: documents, items of archeology, icon painting, vexillology, and other rarities of historical, cultural and memorial value. Each artifact will be exhibited for only one week. The first artifact presented to the public is a boxwood comb of the early 13th...

Popular guitar virtuoso Tom Sinatra, the nephew of the legendary American singer, actor and showman Frank Sinatra, shared his impressions of Belarus at a press conference in Brest. The musician will give a solo concert at the January Music Nights classical music festival in Brest on 10 January. Tom Sinatra is one of the best guitarists in the world. The 31st edition of the January Music Nights classical music festival is running in Brest from 9 to 12 January. The organizers of the...

Two additional concerts have been scheduled at the 31st edition of the January Music Nights classical music festival in Brest from 9 to 12 January, BelTA has learned from the artistic director and chief manager of the festival, Honored Art Worker of Belarus Lilia Batyreva. A daytime instrumental music concert at the Shirma Music College on 10 January will be headlined by famous Polish clarinetist, professor of the Gdansk Academy of Music Andrzej Wojciechowski and the winner of...

Brest State Technical University has been accepted into the Association of Technical Universities at Bauman Moscow State Technical University, BelTA has learned from head of the international relations department at the Brest-based university Vitaly Khaletsky. The application was submitted by the academic council of Brest State Technical University. The application was studied and approved by the council of the association led by Rector of Bauman Moscow State Technical University...

The winner of the competition for the best logo “Pinsk is Belarus' Capital of Culture 2019” has been announced, BelTA learned from the Pinsk city administration. Local illustrator Viktor Saganovich has been named the winner. The central part of the logo echoes the plan of the city and symbolizes its historical heritage. White rays symbolically stand for the main directions of Pinsk streets. Behind them there are the main sightseeing attractions depicted in the author's unique style....