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14 December 2011
MINSK, 14 December (BelTA) - Belarusian MPs ratified the intergovernmental Belarusian-Chinese agreement on the Chinese-Belarusian Industrial Park on 14 December.
The park will be unmatched in Belarus. It will be located in Smolevichi District, Minsk Oblast, and will gradually spread over 80 square kilometers. The park will house new major plants to produce household appliances and electronics, engineering and biomedicine facilities. According to estimates, the project may reach $30 billion....
5 December 2011
YEREVAN, 5 December (BelTA) – Lidia Zablontsaya of Belarus scored 99 points to make it into top three at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011, BelTA has learnt.
Her composition Angels of the Good was praised by the European audience. Lidia was accompanied at the stage by young violinists Filipp Salata and Nastya Malevannaya.
Belarus received 12 points from Russia, Moldova and Ukraine. Eight points were given by Armenia, Lithuania and Georgia.
Lidia is 13 years old. She is an...
29 November 2011
HANOI, 29 November (BelTA) – Belarus and Vietnam have signed a package of new agreements to boost bilateral cooperation. The documents were signed at the meeting between Belarus Premier Mikhail Myasnikovich and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung in Vietnam on 29 November, BelTA has learnt.
The two countries inked an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in education and one more regarding temporary employment of nationals. Besides, a number of ministerial agreements were...
18 November 2011
MOSCOW, 18 November (BelTA) – Following a tripartite meeting in Moscow, the Presidents of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan signed the Declaration of the Eurasian Economic Integration, in which the parties announce the launch of the next phase of integration - the Single Economic Space (SES), BelTA reports.
The document notes that the further development of the integration of the three countries meet their national interests, help reach common objectives to improve the well-being and quality...
16 November 2011
MINSK, 16 November (BelTA) – The State Science and Technology Committee (SSTC) of Belarus and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic signed a program on sci-tech cooperation at a thematic session within the Belarus-EU innovation cooperation forum on 16 November, BelTA has learnt.
According to SSTC Chairman Igor Voitov, Belarus is interested in developing partnership with the Czech Republic in nanotechnologies and fiber optics, joint innovative projects. “Our...
15 November 2011
MINSK, 15 November (BelTA) - Buyers from Russia and Kazakhstan will be allowed to take part in electronic auctions under government procurement contracts in Belarus, Chairman of the Board of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange Arkady Salikov told a press conference in BelTA’s press center.
In accordance with the agreement on government (municipal) procurement signed by Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan in December 2010, Belarus will allow economic entities of the Russian Federation...
26 October 2011
MINSK, 26 October (BelTA) - President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed Decree No. 487 “On the events to mark the 130th anniversary of the birth of Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas.” The document was signed on 25 October to ensure celebration of the jubilee of the classics of Belarusian literature, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian leader.
The Decree approved the composition of the nationwide organizing committee for the events to mark the 130th anniversary of the...
12 September 2011
MINSK, 12 September (BelTA) – Kazakhstan is interested in large supplies of Belarusian potato, Belarus Premier Mikhail Myasnikovich told media on 9 September.
31 August 2011
MINSK, 31 August (BelTA) – Belarus is not going to borrow more in order to support the exchange rate of the Belarusian ruble, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the government session held on 30 August to discuss social and economic development matters.
30 August 2011
MINSK, 30 August (BelTA) – Belvnesheconombank is going to increase the financing of cultural and historical projects in Belarus, BelTA learned from spokesperson of the bank Lyudmila Sats.