Archive - 2008

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...

2008 will be the key and determining year for implementing the entire five-year programme for the social and economic development of Belarus, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said during the state award ceremony on January 14.

“It is a pleasure to start a new year by congratulating the country’s best people,”...

On January 12, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky presented the Mogilev oblast authorities with the State Honorary Banner of the Republic of Belarus in recognition of great economic achievements and in view of the 70th jubilee of the oblast.

Sergei Sidorsky read out the message of the President of...

On January 14, representatives of Belneftekhim Concern will arrive in Kishinev to discuss the possibilities of opening a representative office of the concern there, BelTA learnt in the Belarusian embassy in Moldova.

A decision on expanding the presence of the Belarusian petrochemical industry in the Moldavian market and on improving the...

The opening of the Swedish embassy in Minsk in the second half of 2008 attests to the desire of Sweden to develop all-round cooperation with Belarus, Mr Stefan Eriksson, the head of the Minsk Section Office of the Swedish Embassy in Moscow, told BelTA.

He praised the interaction between Belarus and...

Capital investments in Mogilev oblast will exceed Br 2.7 trillion in 2008. Foreign investments are expected to reach 11% of the total, BelTA learnt in the economy committee of the oblast executive committee.

New investment projects will be launched at Mogilevkhimvolokno, Belshina, Mogilev ZIV, Krichevtsementnoshifer, Belarusian Cement Works, Strommashina, Mogilevliftmash,...