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Belarus’ budget bill for 2009 passes first reading in parliament

The next year’s budget bill has passed its first reading in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, with the deficit as high as 1.8% of the GDP, BelTA has learnt.

Presenting the bill, Belarusian Finance Minister Andrei Kharkovets noted that in 2009 revenues of Belarus’ consolidated budget...

President of Syria to visit Belarus

The President of Syria will visit Belarus. The preparations for the visit were discussed during a meeting between Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov and the chief of the foreign political department of the Syrian Arab Republic Walid al Muallem.

The Foreign Minister of Syria said that the basis for the preparation for...

Belarus to partake in IPU Assembly in Geneva

The Belarusian parliamentarians will take part in the 119th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva on October 13-15, Chairman of the House of Representatives Vadim Popov said at a session of the lower chamber of the Belarusian parliament on October 2.

The assembly is supposed to elect the IPU...