Archive - Jan 2008

The Month of the French Language will be held in Belarus in March, BelTA learnt from Jean-Louis Pelletan, Cultural and Cooperation Counsellor of the French Embassy in Belarus. According to him, the year of 2008 will be rich in various cultural events organised by the French diplomatic mission in Minsk...

The government of Belarus issued Resolution No. 1920 to approve the national strategy of development and management of conservation areas by 2015.

As BelTA was told in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, the document is aimed at forming such a system of conservation areas which would cover various...

Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky urged taking further measures to develop the Union State. He made this statement during a meeting with Prime Minister of Russia Viktor Zubkov.

Sergei Sidorsky said that Belarus-Russia integration will be accelerated by the decisions taken by Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko at...

In 2008 the Mogilev oblast will provide gas supply to 11 agro-towns. The local authorities allocated Br8.4 billion worth of investments to build 80 kilometres of the gas supply pipeline network for this purpose.

As BelTA learnt from the production republican unitary enterprise Mogilevoblgaz, gas supply will be provided to...

New prices for natural and liquefied gas in Belarus have been set up from January 1, 2008 due to Resolution #69 of the Council of Ministers, BelTA learnt from the Council of Ministers’ Office.

In winter the price for natural gas in houses, flats and cottages fitted with gas...

It is inadmissible to let the opposition, advancing “business protection” slogans, destabilize the situation in Belarus, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on January 22.

“Money and investors do not like wandering around squares and uproar and it seems like the opposition needs destabilization. That is why we cannot let peaceful...

One of Scandinavia’s biggest banks, SwedBank from Sweden, is mulling over an opportunity of arriving in the Belarusian market. Many of the Bank’s clients, among them are several biggest companies of Sweden, would like to start business in Belarus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the...

Cooperation with China is a priority of Belarus’ foreign policy, Defence Minister of Belarus Leonid Maltsev said on January 16 as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Belarus Wu Hongbin, the press service of the Belarusian Defence Ministry told BelTA.

“Based on principles...

Belarus attaches great importance to the role of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in such areas as protection of children, counteracting human trafficking, energy security, forests preservation, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus.

On January 14, 2008 Permanent Representative of the Republic of...

In 2007 the Mogilev oblast increased the industrial output by 13.6% over 2006, BelTA learned from the Economy Committee of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee.

The output of consumer goods went up by 9.3% last year. Capital investments surged by 24.1%, exports – by 21.1%, paid services - 12.8%. More than...