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13 February 2024
In the future, both documents shall be submitted for approval to the Belarusian People's Congress as provided for by the updated Constitution of Belarus.
8 February 2024
The share of tax payments in the country's budget remains high and amounts to 66%, Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at an extended meeting of the board of the Ministry of Taxes and Duties, BelTA has learned.
“The ministry fulfilled the tasks set for 2023 by and large. Taxes are the most important element of the country’s financial system, and despite the difficult economic conditions, we receive enough tax revenues to maintain a stable macroeconomic situation. We see an increase...
1 February 2024
MINSK, 1 February (BelTA) – Belarusian medical-focused health resorts hosted over 217,000 foreign guests in 2023, Director of the Belarusian national center of health resort treatment and recuperation Gennady Bolbatovsky told the media, BelTA has learned.
"The number of foreign guests increased by 15.5% over 2022 to 217,500. Revenue rose by 26% to Br311 million," the director of the center said.
Russians accounted for the lion's share (about 95%) of foreign guests in 2023. In...
21 March 2016
MINSK, 21 March (BelTA) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has sent Nowruz greetings to President of Iran Hassan Rouhani and the people of this country, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. The head of state expressed confidence that the Belarusian-Iranian relations will be enhanced in all avenues. BELARUSIAN NEWS
16 March 2016
MINSK, 16 March (BelTA) – Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alena Kupchyna took part in a ministerial roundtable of the 60th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which is underway these days at the UN Headquarters, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Belarusian diplomat briefed the participants on the national measures Belarus takes to promote women’s rights as well as the position of the government on the...
11 March 2016
MINSK, 11 March (BelTA) – Big Spanish construction company ACS has plans to invest in Belarus, BelTA learnt from the Embassy of Belarus in France. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to France with concurrent accreditation to Spain Pavel Latushko met with Director for Russia and the CIS of Spain’s ACS Miguel Franco on 9 March. The Spanish group, which operates in 70 countries, is one of the world’s biggest construction companies. Its annual turnover makes up ?60...
3 March 2016
MINSK, 3 March (BelTA) – Belarus and the Council of Europe are mapping out ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BelTA after a meeting between Permanent Representative of Belarus to the European Union, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Belgium Andrei Yevdochenko and Italian MP and PACE rapporteur on Belarus Andrea Rigoni that took place on 2 March. “The parties discussed the current state...
26 February 2016
MINSK, 26 February (BelTA) - Culture is a bridge that connects the peoples of Belarus and China, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Cui Qiming said at the opening of the gala concert, Spring Festival Brings Joy to Belarus, that took place at the Belarusian State Philharmonics on 25 February, BelTA informs. The diplomat said that the program of the concert was developed to demonstrate the traditional and modern Chinese culture. He expressed an opinion that the...
18 February 2016
MINSK, 18 February (BelTA) – A telephone conversation between Belarus’ Premier Andrei Kobyakov and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev took place on 17 February, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Council of Ministers of Belarus. “The two heads of government talked over the issues related to the Belarusian-Russian trade and economic relations and the schedule of the forthcoming contacts,” the press service informed. The parties also exchanged opinions on the integration...
10 February 2016
MINSK, 10 February (BelTA) – The 23 rd edition of the Minsk International Book Fair opened in the Belarusian capital on 10 February, BelTA has learned. Guests from 29 countries will take part in the event which traditionally opens the calendar of international exhibitions. Among the participating countries is Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, the UK, Venezuela, Germany, Israel, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, China, the Republic of Korea, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Palestine, Poland, Russia,...