Events with foreign students

June 08, 2023 Festival dedicated to Africa Day was held at Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives. 
Participants of the Festival introduced guests of the event to their culture and delighted them with their talents. At present, representatives of 11 African countries study at the university: Morocco, Congo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Central Africa, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gambia and Togo. 
The festival was aimed at developing friendship and mutual understanding between different nationalities.

May 11, 2023
foreign students of BTEU took part in the V Republican festival of military-patriotic songs among foreign students dedicated to Victory Day and the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders, which took place on the at Belarusian State University of Transport. 
The event was attended by students from Belarus, Russia, Morocco, China, Uzbekistan, India, Guinea, Egypt and other countries. A national dance was presented on stage by BTEU students from Morocco. 
All participants were awarded memorable prizes and diplomas.

March 23, 2023 foreign students of BTEU took part in the VIII Open Interuniversity Art Festival of Friendship, dedicated to the 55th anniversary of Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel. 
A student of the Faculty of Economics and Management Mandudi Vuette Flori performed a musical composition “Holy Night” and was awarded a diploma in the nomination “The best vocal”. 
All participants of the festival were awarded diplomas.

February 23, 2023 a meeting with representatives of the Migration Administration Office of Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel Regional Executive Committee and Citizenship and Migration Department of the Sovetsky district of Gomel was held at BTEU as part of legal education of foreign students and prevention of administrative offenses and criminal acts.
During the meeting the students were told about migration legislation of the Republic of Belarus,  rules for crossing state border, personal and property security, including on the Internet.

February 17, 2023 Department of Foreign Languages of BTEU held a dialogue platform “Russian language – the language of interethnic communication”, dedicated to Year of the Russian language as a language of interethnic communication in the CIS countries. During the event, Vice-Rector for Educational Work V. Mishchenko, lecturers of Department of Foreign Languages, together with Belarusian and foreign students had a dialogue about the need to know several languages, including Russian as a foreign language; about the Russian language as national language of the Russian people, as well as language of international level and interethnic communication. The participants of the event successfully passed spelling test, played Russian version of the word game “Wordle”. Belarusian students explained meaning of Russian proverbs, sayings and popular expressions to foreign students. The atmosphere of the event inspired students to learn the Russian language and improve their language skills.

December 12, 2022 a representative of military unit 1242 of State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus Sergienko K. held a preventive meeting with students from Turkmenistan with the aim of prevention of violations of the legislation on the State Border.

November 17, 2022 republican open league of first-year students among higher education institutions of consumer cooperatives “RECTOR’S CUP 2022” was held at BTEU. Five teams of educational institutions presented their creative programs. Both Belarusian and foreign students presented their mastery in various genres.
A storm of applause was received by student Mandudi Flori Vuette from the Democratic Republic of Congo performing the musical composition “O Sole Mio”.
All participants were awarded diplomas and memorable prizes.

October 19, 2022 a meeting of foreign students of BTEU with representatives of the Migration Administration Office of Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel Regional Executive Committee and Citizenship and Migration Department took place. During the meeting the students were explained the importance of compliance with migration legislation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, the procedure for leaving the Republic of Belarus, the rules of personal and property security; warned about liability for violation of the rules of temporary stay/residence. Particular attention was paid to cybercrime, the safety of personal data on the Internet and the prevention of administrative and criminal offenses.

June 02, 2022 a friendly football match among foreign students was held at Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives. Teams from the Kingdom of Morocco and the Democratic Republic of the Congo met on the football ground.
Despite the outcome of the game (Moroccan students won the match), friendship won that day! All the players left the football ground in a great mood and with a huge charge of positive emotions!
May 25, 2022 foreign students of Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives from the Kingdom of Morocco and the Democratic Republic of the Congo took part in creativity competition dedicated to the Day of Solidarity with the People of Africa, which is also called the Day of African Freedom and is dedicated to the anniversary of founding of Organization of African Unity. The event was organized by Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel.
The event was also attended by students from other foreign countries such as Gambia, Yemen, the Republic of the Congo, Mauritania, Cameroon, Nigeria and Palestine. Foreign students presented their talents in vocal, dance and instrumental genres. The teams of our university were presented diplomas of participation.
May 16-19, 2022 students of preparatory department took part in the Vlll Inter-University Russian Language Olympiad (for foreign students of preparatory courses) “Inter-GSU 2022” which took place at Francisk Skorina Gomel State University.
All participants demonstrated high level of knowledge of the Russian language and took first, second and third place!
May 05, 2022 foreign students of Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives took part in the IV Republican Festival of military-patriotic songs among students-citizens of foreign countries dedicated to the Victory Day and the 78th anniversary of liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders, which took place at the premises of Belarusian State University of Transport in frames of the Year of Historical Memory.


April 7, 2022  foreign students of the Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives took part in the VII Open Interuniversity Creative Friendship Festival, which was held at Gomel State Technical University named after P.Sukhoi. 
Students from Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Kingdom of Morocco prepared and presented amateur performances of various genres: “Choreographic art. National Dance”, “Vocal and choral creativity”, “Instrumental creativity” and “Vocal and instrumental creativity”. 
Also, students from Congo presented canvas created using recyclable materials  such as multi-colored plastic bags. One of the canvas, which depicts outstanding aircraft designer Pavel Sukhoi, was gifted to GSTU. 
The excellent performance of our students touched feelings of the jury and the audience. Students were recognized as winners in the nominations “Vocal and choral creativity”, “For the best musical work”, “For the best choreography”, “Audience Choice Award”.

March 11, 2022 a meeting of foreign students with representatives of the Migration Administration Office of Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel Regional Executive Committee and Citizenship and Migration Department took place.
During the meeting the students were explained the importance of compliance with migration legislation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, the procedure for leaving the Republic of Belarus, the rules of personal and property security; warned about liability for violation of the rules of temporary stay/residence. Particular attention was paid to cybercrime, the safety of personal data on the Internet and the prevention of administrative and criminal offenses.

November 18, 2021 BTEU hosted a meeting of foreign students with representatives of Citizenship and Migration Department of the Sovetsky district of Gomel.
During the meeting, foreign students were explained the rules for compliance with migration legislation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus and the rules for crossing the state border of the Republic of Belarus. Particular attention was paid to the prevention of administrative offenses and criminal offenses.

September 29, 2021 Rector of the University Lebedeva S.N., Head of International Relations Department Smirnova O.S. and a 2nd year student of the Faculty of Commerce and Finance Anjar Khafid took part in the “Pravda Guest” program on the Gomel Pravda Radio, where they talked about the opening of the first Center of Moroccan Culture.

September 14, 2021 opening ceremony of the first Center of Moroccan Culture in the Republic of Belarus was held at Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives. Opening of the center became a logical continuation of longstanding cooperation and friendship with the Moroccan association “Dima Maghrib”. Students from Morocco have been studying at the university since 2019. This year 26 more Moroccan students came to the University for study.
Rector of the University Doctor of Economics, Professor Sviatlana Lebedzeva made a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony. President of association “Dima Maghrib” Mr. Hassan El Mardi congratulated students on this significant event as well.
Acquaintance with this wonderful country continued with incendiary Moroccan dances, national songs and show of traditional costumes. In return, our students sang Belarusian songs. The event ended with a Moroccan tea party, during which everyone could not only touch the culture of this distant country, but also taste one of its most popular sweets – chebakias.

September 11, 2021 foreign students of BTEU took part in the festive events dedicated to the 879th anniversary of the city of Gomel.

June 9, 2021 in frames of implementation of measures for legal awareness of foreign citizens with the objective of providing information in the field of external labor migration, a meeting of foreign graduate students with representatives of Citizenship and Migration Administration Office was held at BTEU.
The meeting was attended by the Head of Citizenship and Migration Administration Office of Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel Regional Executive Committee, Police Colonel I.Litvinova, Head of Department of External Labor Migration, Refugees and Asylum of Citizenship and Migration Administration Office of Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel Regional Executive Committee T.Lapitskaya, Vice-Rector for Educational Work of the University T.Afonchenko and Head of International Relations Department O.Smirnova.
During the meeting, issues of safe travel outside the Republic of Belarus for employment and the procedure for employment in the territory of the Republic of Belarus of foreign citizens and stateless persons obtaining education or having completed their studies in educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus were discussed.

June 03, 2021 a meeting of foreign students of the university with representatives of the Citizenship and Migration Department and the Border Guard Service of the Republic of Belarus took place.
The meeting was attended by police captain, inspector of Citizenship and Migration Department of Department of Internal Affairs of administration of the Sovetsky district of Gomel Syurtukova T.V.,  senior investigator of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Department of Operational and Investigative Activities of the Military Unit 1224, Captain Girev A.O., head of International Relations Department Smirnova O.S., specialist of International Relations Department Svechnikova N.A.
During the meeting foreign students were explained the rules for compliance with migration legislation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus and the rules for crossing the state border of the Republic of Belarus. Particular attention was paid to the prevention of administrative offenses and criminal offenses.

April 29, 2021 students of preparatory department of Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives from the Kingdom of Morocco and the Democratic Republic of the Congo took part in a creative meeting in frames of youth project “Belarus – a country of peace and national consent” which was organized by Gomel State Professional Agrarian and Technical Lyceum. Patriotic songs, classical national dances, modern choreography – it is not nearly a complete list of what the participants performed on the stage. Such events contribute to establishment of new creative relations among students of different countries and nationalities, exchange and dissemination of the best national traditions, preservation and enhancement of cultural achievements of student youth, as well as fostering tolerance, humanity and respect for each other.

April 23, 2021 students of preparatory department of Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives took part in the Republican festival of military-patriotic songs among students-citizens of foreign countries, dedicated to the Victory Day and the 77th anniversary of liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders, which took place on the basis of Belarusian State University of Transport.

March 17, 2021 BTEU hosted a meeting of foreign students with representatives of Citizenship and Migration Department.
The meeting was attended by police captain, senior inspector of Citizenship and Migration Department of Department of Internal Affairs of administration of the Sovetsky district of Gomel Galitsky A.N., police captain, inspector of Citizenship and Migration Department of Department of Internal Affairs of administration of the Sovetsky district of Gomel Syurtukova T.V., Vice-Rector for Educational Work Afonchenko T.P. and Head of International Relations Department Smirnova O.S.
During the meeting foreign students were explained the rules for observing migration legislation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. Particular attention was paid to prevention of administrative and criminal offenses.

December 21, 2020 students of Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives took part in the VI Open Interuniversity Creative Friendship Festival, which took place on the basis of Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel. The festival was attended by students from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Guinea, Egypt, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco, Nigeria, Turkmenistan, Sri Lanka, studying at the universities of the Republic of Belarus.
On the outcome of participation BTEU students were awarded diplomas and memorable gifts.

October 20, 2020 festival of national cultures “Youth of the Planet” was held at Belarusian Trade and Economics University of Consumer Cooperatives. The festival was dedicated to African countries.
BTEU bachelor students and students of preparatory department from the Kingdom of Morocco, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Guinea presented their countries, performed fiery national dances and songs.
The festival was attended by students from 13 countries. Rector of the University, Doctor of Economics, Professor S.N. Lebedzeva and President of the Dima Maghrib Association, Hassan El Mardi (Kingdom of Morocco) made a welcoming speech.
A cycle of similar events is planned at BTEU, which will help young people to learn about traditions and culture of different countries.

June 24, 2020 a meeting of foreign students with the University administration took place. During the meeting issues of staying and residence of foreign students and graduates in conditions of temporary suspension of regular international flights with some countries due to the unfavorable epidemiological situation in the world were discussed, as well as issues of organizing summer recreation and health improvement of foreign students planning to stay in the Republic of Belarus during summer period. Special attention was paid to observance of rules of conduct in summer in public places, at home and on the water.

February 12, 2020 a meeting of foreign students, administration and staff of the University with representatives of the internal affairs bodies took place.
The meeting was attended by a police lieutenant colonel, deputy head of Citizenship and Migration Directorate of Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel Regional Executive Committee Smalyuga A.K., police captain, inspector of Citizenship and Migration Department of Department of Internal Affairs of administration of the Sovetsky district of Gomel Syurtukova T.V., senior lieutenant, senior inspector of Department of Law Enforcement and Prevention Baranov D.V.
During the meeting foreign students were explained the rules for observing migration legislation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. Particular attention was paid to prevention of administrative and criminal offenses, including in the field of high technologies. Students were reminded of rights and obligations of citizens temporarily residing (staying) in the territory of the Republic of Belarus, of the need to comply with the rules of living in a hostel, as well as measures to prevent infection caused by the corona virus infection COVID-19.