Archive - Aug 2009

MINSK, 31 August (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will make a working trip to the Gomel region on 31 August, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service.

The Belarusian head of state will get familiar with the social and economic development of the region. Special attention will be focused...

MINSK, 25 August (BelTA) – The National Statistics Committee of Belarus expects the country’s foreign trade to continue growing in January-July 2009. The relevant statement was made by Viktor Mikhno, Deputy Chairman of the National Statistics Committee of Belarus, at a press conference on 25 August.

In H1 2009 Belarus’ foreign...

TOLOCHIN REGION, 20 August (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are set to have a meeting the coming week, the Belarusian leader told reporters during his working trip to the Vitebsk oblast.

“We agreed to work out an agenda that would cover most burning...

TOLOCHIN REGION, 20 August (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has no intention of abandoning personal control over the situation in the countryside. The President made the relevant statement during his working trip to the Vitebsk oblast on 20 August, BelTA has learnt.

“If one wants to effectively run the...

MINSK, 18 August (BelTA) – Universities and organizations of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences will present more than 180 sci-tech developments at the 11th Moscow International Salon of Innovations and Investments which will be held in the Russian capital on 26-29 August, BelTA learnt from the international sci-tech cooperation...

MINSK, 17 August (BelTA) – The agricultural companies of Belarus harvested 6.674,3 million tonnes of grain as of early 17 August. The average yield is 38.6 centners per hectare, BelTA learnt from the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

The Minsk, Grodno and Brest oblasts have hit one million tonnes of grain apiece....

MINSK, 14 August (BelTA) – The system used to distribute the authority over the investigation of criminal cases between government agencies requires substantial corrections. The statement was made by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a government session held on 14 August to discuss the improvement of crime control laws,...

NESVIZH REGION, 11 August (BelTA) – The Belarusian dairy enterprises should strive to comply with European standards, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said as he visited the Nesvizh region on 11 August.

“Milk should be sold; some of it should be exported. The European Union does not mind certifying our...

MINSK, 4 August (BelTA) – Resolution No. 991 “On some issues regarding the acquisition of products in Belarus” applies only to state-run companies and companies with a government share, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said at a session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers on 4 August.

The...

MINSK, 3 August (BelTA) – Belarus has fulfilled all the agreements reached with the Russian Federal Service for Consumer Rights Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) on the certification of the Belarusian dairy products for the export to Russia, Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister of Belarus Mikhail Saveliyev told BelTA.

“We have...