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24 September 2012
MINSK, 24 September (BelTA) – The Days of Belarusian Culture opens today in Lithuania, BelTA has learnt.
The Days of Culture are organized by the Embassy of Belarus in Lithuania in cooperation with the Culture Ministry of Belarus and the organizational and financial support of Minsk City Hall and the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee.
The opening ceremony of the Days will take place at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall of Vilnius on 24 September where Alexander Anisimov’s...
24 September 2012
MINSK, 24 September (BelTA) – A qualified parliament of 109 members has been elected in Belarus, Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina told media on 24 September.
“Only one constituency has failed to elect an MP. It is the Novobelitsky election constituency in Gomel Oblast,” explained Lidia Yermoshina. She added that the elections in the constituency are valid but there was no alternative to the single candidate. Since an absolute majority of...
23 September 2012
MINSK, 23 September (BelTA) – The voting process to elect members of the fifth-convocation House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus ended at 20:00, BelTA has learned.
All the 6,344 polling stations of Belarus have closed. The polling station commissions are now busy counting votes. The elections have been recognized valid in all the 110 constituencies.
Belarus uses a majority election system. Over 50% of the registered voters have to take part in elections for the...
23 September 2012
MINSK, 23 September (BelTA) – As of 18:00 on 23 September as many as 65.9% took part in the elections of members of the fifth-convocation of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, reads the official website of the Central Election Commission of Belarus.
The figure stands at 64.2% in Brest Oblast, 73.1% in Vitebsk Oblast, 68.9% in Gomel Oblast, 67.1% in Grodno Oblast, 67.2% in Minsk Oblast, 72.5% in Mogilev Oblast, 53.6% in the city of Minsk, and 61.6% at polling...
23 September 2012
MINSK, 23 September (BelTA) – As of 16:00 on 23 September as many as 58.6% took part in the elections of members of the fifth-convocation of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, reads the official website of the Central Election Commission of Belarus.
The figure stands at 56% in Brest Oblast, 65.6% in Vitebsk Oblast, 62.8% in Gomel Oblast, 58% in Grodno Oblast, 59.6% in Minsk Oblast, 64.2% in Mogilev Oblast, 48% in the city of Minsk, and 51.1% at polling...
23 September 2012
MINSK, 23 September (BelTA) – According to the data available at 10h00 on 23 September, the turnout in the 2012 parliamentary elections in Belarus made up 27.6%, Chairperson of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina told BelTA.
An estimated 27.5% of votes have been so far cast in Brest Oblast, 31.2% in Vitebsk Oblast, 27.8% in Gomel Oblast, 27.1% in Grodno Oblast, 26% in Minsk Oblast, 30.5% in Mogilev Oblast, and 24.7% in the city of Minsk.
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6 September 2012
MINSK, 6 September (BelTA) – Belarus has received a UNESCO certificate on the inclusion of West Polesie Transboundary Biosphere Reserve (Belarus/Poland/Ukraine) into the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, BelTA learnt from consultant of the land and landscape section of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus Tatiana Trafimovich.
The certificate was solemnly presented at the conference on protection and sustainable development of Polesie in Poland on 5...
28 August 2012
MINSK, 28 August (BelTA) – Belarus and Azerbaijan are rapidly developing mutually beneficial manufacturing cooperation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Azerbaijan Nikolai Patskevich told BelTA in an interview.
The diplomat said that during the visit of Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to Minsk on 28-29 August the sides will discuss a wide range of bilateral cooperation matters such as interaction in the international arena and the development of economic ties....
27 August 2012
MINSK, 27 August (BelTA) – Belarus and Azerbaijan are expanding industrial cooperation in machine building, First Deputy Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko and First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Yaqub Eyyubov said following the session of the Belarus-Azerbaijan intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation on 27 August, BelTA has learnt.
On 27 August the Azerbaijani delegation is set to visit Amkodor and sign a protocol of cooperation between this Belarusian...
23 August 2012
MINSK, 23 August (BelTA) – A campaign period has started in Belarus on 23 August, BelTA learnt from Secretary of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Nikolai Lozovik.
According to Nikolai Lozovik, some parliamentary candidates received registration certificates a day before, although in line with the election calendar, district election commissions can issue these certificates within two days after the registration.
“Parliamentary candidates who received registration...