Archive - Nov 2008

By the end of 2010 digital television will become available to 80% of the Belarusians. It will be made available in line with the plan of measures developed by the Information Technologies and Communications Ministry to expedite the introduction of digital television in Belarus, Information Technologies and Communications Minister Nikolai...

Belarus Investment Forum opened in the Church House Conference Centre of London on November 18. The work of the forum is led by Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky.

More than 70 investment projects are presented at the forum. They include the construction of a plant to produce buses at the...

The Belarusian Trade Ministry will not allow a shortage of imported goods, First Deputy Trade Minister Mikhail Sventitsky told reporters at the international wholesale fair Kultbytkhoztovary on November 17. The fair opened in Minsk the same day.

“We will strictly control the consumer market situation in order to prevent the slightest...

In the global economic crisis Belarus should survive and preserve the development pace, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko told a government session dedicated to discussing the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures on November 13.

“We should export products. Fairy-tales about consumers not having money and how it is impossible to sell products...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has awarded the deputies of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the third convocation state awards for their fruitful state and public activity and a significant contribution to the development of legal and parliamentary system. The relevant decree was signed by Alexander...

Winner of the national pageant Olga Khizhenkova will represent Belarus at the 58th Miss World Final that will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 13, 2008, BelTA learnt from director of the National School of Beauty Olga Serezhnikova. On November 15, the Belarusian contestant will leave for Johannesburg.

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In January-October 2008, Belarus’ GDP increased by 10.7% in comparable prices over the same period last year, BelTA was told in the National Statistics Committee.

In accordance with the social and economic development forecast of Belarus, GDP is projected to increase by 8-9% in 2008.

Over the nine months 2008, the industrial...

In January-September, Belarus’ foreign trade in goods and services swelled by 53.9% in comparison with the same period of last year as against the annual forecast of 14.5-15.5%, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus told BelTA.

Over the nine months of 2008, Belarus’ export went up by 53.9% (annual forecast –...

An agreement between the government of Belarus and the government of the Republic of Turkey on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs affairs was signed in Minsk on November 11. The document was signed by Chairman of the State Customs Committee of Belarus Alexander Shpilevsky and Emin Zararsiz, Undersecretary...

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ended his official three-day visit to Belarus. He departed the National Airport Minsk on November 4, informs BelTA.

During the visit the sides signed several bilateral agreements. They include the Avoidance of Double Taxation Convention, a protocol of cooperation between the Justice Ministry of Belarus and...