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19 May 2011
Belarus and Armenia have laid a foundation for long-term fruitful cooperation, Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich told reporters following his meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan on 18 May, BelTA has learnt.
18 May 2011
Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan has arrived in Belarus on an official visit, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government.
12 May 2011
Villages should be developed but their identity should be left intact, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he visited the residential locality Khimy, Orsha District, on 11 May.
11 May 2011
An online hotel booking system has been launched in Belarus, BelTA learned from Aleksei Glamozda, Deputy Director for Business Development of the Belarusian company Generation_P Consulting. The company is the one in charge of developing software for the project.
11 May 2011
The seventh Belarusian-Lithuanian Economic Forum will be held in the town of Druskininkai on 12-13 May. It will bring together over 400 representatives from the regions of Belarus and Lithuania, BelTA has learnt.
13 April 2011
MINSK, 13 April (BelTA) – The case of the terrorist attack in Minsk’s metro has been solved. Those guilty of the crime have been arrested, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a government session held on 13 April to discuss the progress in investigating the Minsk metro bombing.
Alexander Lukashenko said: “The case was solved at 5:00 today. KGB and police needed only one day to carry out a smooth operation at 21:00 yesterday. They apprehended the perpetrators without noise...
27 January 2011
MINSK, 27 January (BelTA) – The government acted within the law trying to prevent the coup planned by the opposition on 19 December, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said addressing the seventh special session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly dedicated to the introduction of Mikhail Myasnikovich as Belarus’ Premier on 27 January, BelTA has learnt.
Talking about the political situation in the country following the presidential election, Alexander Lukashenko...
27 January 2011
MINSK, 27 January (BelTA) – The per capita GDP production and the living standards in Belarus should approach the European average by 2016, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said addressing the seventh special session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly dedicated to the introduction of Mikhail Myasnikovich as Belarus’ Premier on 27 January, BelTA has learnt.
The President is convinced that the government should act as Belarus’ economic think-tank. “It is...
19 December 2010
MINSK, 19 December (BelTA) – Over 65% of Belarusians have come to the polls by 2pm, BelTA learnt from the Central Election Commission of Belarus.
65.2% of Belarusians (4.625 million people) took part in the election as of 2pm.
In Brest Oblast 64.8% of Belarusians cast their votes, in Vitebsk Oblast 71.8%, in Gomel Oblast 70.2%, in Grodno Oblast 62.7%, in Minsk Oblast 68.7%, in Mogilev Oblast 68.8%, in the city of Minsk 53.4%. Some 55.3% of Belarusians living abroad have also cast their...
17 December 2010
MINSK, 17 December (BelTA) – A total of 11.7% of eligible electors (822,500 people) have cast their votes over the three days of early voting, Secretary of the Central Election Commission Nikolai Lozovik told belTA.
So far, 10% of voters cast their ballots in Brest Oblast, 15.8% - in Vitebsk Oblast, 10.6% - in Gomel Oblast, 13.7% - in Grodno Oblast, 10.6% - in Minsk Oblast, 14.3% - in Mogilev Oblast and 9% in the city of Minsk.
According to Nikolai Lozovik, early voting proceeds in a calm...
