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1 October 2010
MINSK, 1 October (BelTA) – Belarus and China have strategic relations, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said in a press conference for Russian regional mass media on 1 October.
“Our relations with China are strategic. We have very good relations. We will not damage them. We will be building up this resource,” Alexander Lukashenko said.
The president mentioned his plans to visit China in the near future to meet with President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China and...
30 September 2010
MINSK, 30 September (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made several personnel decisions on 30 September 2010, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.
The President of Belarus appointed Nikolai Domashkevich aide to the Belarus President, Chief Inspector for Vitebsk Oblast.
The Belarus President also authorized the appointment of:
Grigory Kosyachenko as First Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister,
Sergei Nered as Deputy Sports and Tourism Minister,
Vadim Karmazin...
29 September 2010
MINSK, 29 September (BelTA) – A joint Belarusian-Chinese center to foster the development of cooperation in education, culture, economy and science will be set up in the near future. This is one of the major issues of the cooperation program between the higher educational establishments of the Republic of Belarus and Dalian University of Technology of the People’s Republic of China for 2011-2015. The program was signed by Education Minister of Belarus Alexander Radkov and Rector of the...
28 September 2010
MINSK, 28 September (BelTA) – It is possible to develop transplantation medicine in Belarus and to create new centers for the transplantation of organs and tissues, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said as he visited the National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Center on 28 September.
The medics said that the possibility of setting up transplantation centers and performing kidney transplantation surgeries in oblast centers is under consideration.
The head of state issued an...
27 September 2010
MINSK, 27 September (BelTA) – The process of registering initiative groups to nominate candidates for presidency was super liberal, Secretary of the Central Election Commission Nikolai Lozovik stated as he commented on the results of the registration of initiative groups on 27 September.
In its session on 27 September the Central Election Commission of Belarus registered 17 initiative groups. The CEC registered even those groups which made fundamental mistakes, Nikolai Lozovik said. In his...
24 September 2010
MINSK, 24 September (BelTA) – Interpretation of the state as a ‘warden’ and a passive observer that lives off taxes does not match Belarus, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in his speech before students and lecturers of the Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the Belarus President on 24 September.
According to the President, the Belarusian state is strong and is responsible for very many areas.
Alexander Lukashenko said that in the modern world the role...
23 September 2010
NESVIZH DISTRICT, 23 September (BelTA) – The output capacity of Belarusian sugar refineries should be increased, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he visited the Gorodeya sugar refinery on 23 September.
“We have a system for sugar, a structure, there is space to grow into. This is why raising the output of existing enterprises is the first thing that needs to be done,” said the head of state.
At present there are four sugar refineries in Belarus, namely in Skidel,...
22 September 2010
MINSK, 22 September (BelTA) – Car Free Day will be held in Belarus on 22 September, BelTA learnt from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.
It is the third time Belarus is to take part in the European Carfree Day campaign. Belarus organized its first Car Free Day in 2008. The action resulted in cutting pollutant emissions by more than 400 tonnes including nearly 100 tonnes in Minsk.
An estimated 100,000 cars are made every day in the world, i.e. one car per...
20 September 2010
MINSK, 20 September (BelTA) – In January-July 2010 Belarus and Armenia doubled their trade from the same period last year, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to Belarus Armen Khachatryan told a press conference on 20 September.
According to the diplomat, in January-July the trade totaled $29.1 million as against almost $14 million the same months in 2009.
The Armenian diplomatic mission expressed hope that by the end of the year the mutual trade would make up nearly...
17 September 2010
MINSK, 17 September (BelTA) – Very soon there will be appointed EU Ambassador to Belarus. The European Commission has announced a contest for the post, BelTA learnt from the EU Office in Belarus.
The application of documents for the participation in the contest was completed on 10 September. Brussels is now conducting candidate assessment procedures. The officials of the European Commission and the EU Council as well as the EU diplomats were able to take part in the contest, according to...