Archive - Apr 2009

MINSK, April 13 (BelTA) – Belarus invites Qatari business to cooperate in various areas, including investments, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he met with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah al-Thani on April 13.

Alexander Lukashenko was satisfied with the fact that good prospects of cooperation between Belarus...

MOSCOW, April 10 (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Patriarch of Moscow and All-Russia Kirill discussed problems in the relations between Belarus and Russia in Moscow on April 10. The meeting lasted over 3.5 hours.

The President underlined that the sides touched upon a whole range of issues...

MINSK, April 8 (BelTA) – Belarus and Kazakhstan will exchange preliminary information about goods and transport vehicles moved across customs borders in the electronic form. A relevant protocol was signed between the State Customs Committee of Belarus and the Finance Ministry of Kazakhstan on April 8.

In accordance with the document,...

MINSK, April 3 (BelTA) – The Government of Belarus is not planning to revise downward the GDP growth projection, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said when visiting the Keramin company.

In Q1 the GDP growth in Belarus will be at least 2% over Q1 last year. “This is a very...

MOGILEV, April 2 (BelTA) – A cooperation agreement for 2009 between Mogilev and Tula was signed by chairman of the Mogilev City Council Viktor Shorikov and head of the Tula administration Vladimir Mogilnikov in Mogilev on April 2.

The agreement is the continuation of the treaty on twin-town relations between Tula...

MINSK, April 2 (BelTA) – In the present day conditions budgetary resources should be spent only on priority projects, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said at a session dedicated to the formation and utilization of budgetary funds, including innovation, road and environmental funds, BelTA has learnt.

The President underlined that the...

MOGILEV, April 1 (BelTA) – The Mogilev-based company “Footwear” intends to increase its supplies to the EU countries, BelTA learnt from director of the company Sergei Burmistrov.

The company has presented its footwear (ShagoVita trademark) at the international exhibition of footwear in Dusseldorf for the first time. Not only German...