Archive - 2008

In 2008 Belarus will meet all socio-economic targets but for the foreign trade projections, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said at a session of the Council of Ministers on December 9.

The year 2008 was quite difficult but we are ending it on a good note. According to preliminary...

This year’s expected results of Belarus’ social and economic development will be discussed at a session of the Council of Ministers on December 9. The session will be chaired by Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky, BelTA learnt from the Council of Ministers Office.

Taking into account the evaluated development of key branches...

Belarus and India have a great cooperation potential, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India Rajendra Kumar Tyagi on December 4. The meeting took place in view of the expiry of the diplomat’s term in office, informs BelTA.

The Head of State...

On January 1, 2009, Belarus’ transit tariffs on oil products will go up 52.8% to total $1.36 per tonne per 100 kilometres. The relevant decision is contained in Resolution No 224 of the Economy Ministry of Belarus “On tariffs on oil transportation via the main oil pipelines in the Republic...

New Belarusian baby food standards will be harmonized with the Russian ones, BelTA learnt from Professor Zenon Lovkis, director general of the scientific-practical foodstuffs center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.

The development of the new standards was prompted by Russia’s introduction of three new technical normative legal acts...

There are no obstacles for the operation of the Russian Sberbank in Belarus, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of the Russian Federation German Gref on December 2.

“There are no barriers for the operation of your bank in Belarus,” the...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has conferred the Order of Mother on women from the Brest, Vitebsk, Grodno and Mogilev oblasts, who gave birth and brought up five or more children. The relative decree was signed by the Head of State on November 27, BelTA learnt from the press service...

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...