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11 March 2012
MINSK, 11 March (BelTA) – The Belarusian-Chinese political, trade and economic relations were discussed between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the People’s Republic of China Viktor Burya and Deputy Foreign Minister of China Cheng Guoping at the Foreign Ministry of China on 9 March, BelTA learnt from the Belarusian embassy in the People’s Republic of China.
Viktor Burya noted that Belarus praises cooperation with China. The two countries have similar views...
2 March 2012
GOMEL, 2 March (BelTA) – Turkish businessmen are interested in joint projects with Belarus in agriculture, construction and trade, President of the Federation of Associations of Black Sea Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, member of the Board of the Tuskon Company Osman Reis told BelTA at the Belarusian-Turkish business forum in Gomel.
In his words, Belarus has a great potential for business development. “Yesterday we held talks with Belarusian businessmen in Minsk, and I can say that...
29 February 2012
MINSK, 29 February (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree to present the Order of Mother to the women who gave birth and raised five and more children on 28 February, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian leader.
The award recipients are the mail clerk of Pinsk-15 post office Elena Lenkevich, shop assistant of Kupalinka store of the Dokshitsa Regional Consumer Society Anna Makatun, housewife from Vitebsk Natalia Shinko, lab assistant of the...
20 February 2012
MINSK, 20 February (BelTA) – Belarus expects a special attitude to Belarus from the new ambassador of Israel despite some allied obligations of Israel, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he accepted credentials from Ambassador of Israel to Belarus Yosef Shagal on 20 February.
According to Alexander Lukashenko, Israel occupies a special place in the foreign policy of Belarus. “Hundreds of thousands of emigrants from Belarus and their descendants live there. It is very...
9 February 2012
MINSK, 9 February (BelTA) – Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan are following the way of harmonizing their education systems. The opinion was voiced by Vladimir Zdanovich, Chairman of the Education, Culture, Science and Technological Advance Commission of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, a member of the Social Policy, Science, Culture, and Humanitarian Affairs Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State, at a video briefing hosted by the Union State website...
8 February 2012
MINSK, 8 February (BelTA) – Belarus’ budget was executed with a 3% surplus in 2011, Deputy Finance Minister Maxim Yermolovich told reporters.
“In terms of fiscal policy, we did good last year. In 2011, we were planning to execute the budget with a deficit of 1.5% of GDP. Actually we did it with a surplus of 3% of GDP. This is quite a good result. The lending for government programs was provided in the volumes we projected. Therefore, the results of the budget execution are good...
7 February 2012
MINSK, 7 February (BelTA) – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus has sent a letter to the Ministry of Environment of Lithuania inviting to discuss issues related to the construction of the Visaginas NPP and the Belarusian NPP in the near future, chief for information and public relations -spokesperson for the ministry Yelena Penyaz told BelTA.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Belarus has suggested holding bilateral...
6 February 2012
MINSK, 6 February (BelTA) – Belarus is working to abolish visa requirements with Argentina and Brazil, the chief of the consular office of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus Alexander Ostrovsky said in an interview to the STV TV channel.
“We are actually ready to sign the agreement with Turkey on short-term (maximum 30 days) visa-free trips of citizens. Everything is ready. We have the authority to conduct negotiations and sign the agreement,” he said.
Now work is underway on the...
3 February 2012
MINSK, 3 February (BelTA) - The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the guest of honor at the 19th Minsk International Book Fair, is preparing a rich and interesting program. Venezuelans bear in mind that 2012 was declared Year of Book in Belarus, BelTA learnt from the Embassy of Venezuela in Belarus.
The exhibition will be held in the National Exhibition Center Belexpo from 8 to 12 February. The main organizer of the fair is the Information Ministry of Belarus.
The Embassy of Venezuela in...
2 February 2012
MINSK, 2 February (BelTA) – Belarus and Russia hit a record-high of $38.6 billion in trade last year, Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Belarus Andrei Savinykh told a news briefing on 2 February.
In his words, Russia is the main trading partner to Belarus. In 2011 the country accounted for 45% of Belarus’ total trade.
According to him, the bilateral trade in goods exceeded the 2008 precrisis level to $38.6 billion. Belarus increased the export of tractors (up $468 million), trucks...