Archive - Nov 2009

MINSK, 27 November (BelTA) - Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan have come to terms regarding the creation of the Customs Union, BelTA has learned.

The supreme body of the Customs Union has just considered and approved several fundamental strategic decisions that determine prospects of the Customs Union development, President of Belarus Alexander...

MINSK, 26 November (BelTA) – Starting 1 January 2010 Customs Union countries will introduce a unified system of restrictions in foreign trade, EurAsEC Deputy Secretary General Sergei Glazyev told media in Minsk on 26 November.

“Tomorrow fateful decisions will be taken. They will enable the package of agreements on creating the...

MOGILEV, 25 November (BelTA) – Mogilevliftmash has set up an assembly facility of lifts at the Irtysh-Lift company in Pavlodar. This is the first company of the kind in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The joint company has already manufactured a trial consignment of eleven passenger lifts of two modifications ЛП-0401Б...

MOGILEV, 25 November (BelTA) – The East-Kazakhstan region is interested in setting up a joint venture to produce Mogilevliftmash lifts, Governor of the East-Kazakhstan region Berdybek Saparbayev said as he met with Chairman of the Mogilev oblast executive committee Piotr Rudnik.

A delegation of the East-Kazakhstan region led by Berdybek Saparbayev...

MINSK, 25 November (BelTA) – In 2010 the Belarusian ruble will fluctuate within the plus/minus 10% band against the basket of currencies, deputy chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus Nikolai Luzgin told reporters on 25 November.

According to Nikolai Luzgin, this exchange rate band is envisaged in...

MINSK, 24 November (BelTA) – The House of Representatives is getting ready to ratify an intergovernmental convention between Belarus and Saudi Arabia on double taxation avoidance and prevention of capital and income tax evasion. The relevant bill was considered at a session of the House of Representatives’ permanent commission on...

MINSK, 23 November (BelTA) – The National Bank of Belarus decided to reduce the annual refinance rate by 0.5% to 13.5% since 1 December 2009 (Decree No 187 of 20 November 2009), BelTA learnt from the information administration of the National Bank.

The press release of the National Bank says that...

MINSK, 19 November (BelTA) – Italian companies are interested in investing in the construction of logistic centers in Belarus, President of the Italian Association of Logistics Domenico Netti said at an international seminar, Organization and Implementation of Marketing in the EU Countries, in Minsk on 19 November.

According to Domenico Netti,...

LIDA, 18 November (BelTA) – Capital improvement efforts must be largely stepped up to make Belarus a better place to live. The statement was made by Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky at a plenary session of the committee tasked with holding the Native Land Year. Held in Lida on...

MOGILEV, 18 November (BelTA) – A delegation of the Sokolinaya Gora Municipal Council of the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow will visit Mogilev on 19 November. The delegation will include heads of ten companies of the machine building, light and processing industries, BelTA learnt from Tatyana Ivanchenko, main specialist of...