Archive - 2008

By the end of 2009, the average salary in Belarus may reach $550, First Deputy Finance Minister of Belarus Andrei Kharkovets told a session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers which reviewed the draft guidelines of Belarus’ budget-tax policy for 2009 -2010. The session was held in Minsk...

Mogilev and the Azerbaijani town of Sumgait have concluded an agreement on cooperation in economic, social and cultural areas. The document was signed during a three-day visit of a Mogilev delegation to Sumgait, BelTA learnt from Head of the Mogilev City Council of Deputies Valery Svistunov who leads the delegation.

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World Press Freedom Day is celebrated on May 3 worldwide.
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed World Press Freedom Day in 1993, following a recommendation of UNESCO’s General Conference. This day gives an opportunity to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom, to defend the media from...

The first Belarusian art exhibition at the UN headquarters marked the beginning of a series of events timed to the 22nd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, BelTA learnt from Belarus’ Permanent Representative Office at the UN.

The exhibition features the works of the Belarusian artist Zoya Lutsevich which she created...

In 2007, Belarus invested more than $1046 million in projects abroad, First Vice Premier Vladimir Semashko told a session of the Council of Ministers of Belarus.

Investing in foreign countries is “an important goal to increase property abroad as a strategic factor of foreign trade expansion”, the First Vice Premier...

In the second-round of the Family Circle Cup Victoria Azarenka seeded 13 defeated Tiantian Sun of China 7-6, 6-0 to set up a match against Russian Elena Dementieva (seed No 8). Another Belarusian Olga Govortsova lost to Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6-7, 0-6. In the doubles Olga Govortsova and Edina...

The Council of Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus ratified the agreement between Belarus and Venezuela on abolition of visas in diplomatic, service and official passports.

Vitold Pestis, member of the Permanent Commission for International Affairs and National Security of the Council of Republic, said that in line with the...

The Forestry Ministry of Belarus has formalised membership in the European Forestry Commission of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, Valery Pobirushko, the chief of the law, personnel policy and science department of the Forestry Ministry, told BelTA.

According to him, membership-related legal and diplomatic procedures were handled by the Embassy...

The international assembly of capitals and big cities has summed up the results of the 1st contest The Best CIS City. Taking part in the contest were 64 cities of the CIS member states. Mogilev was recognized best in the nomination “Efficient local self-government” and in the field of partnership...

On March 23 Belarusian Vadim Kaptur and Alexander Varlamov won the silver medal in the Men’s 10m Synchro Platform at the European championships in aquatics in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

The Belarusians scored 427.35 points, 25.89 behind the winners Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein from Germany. The bronze medal went to Russia’s...