Archive - 2009

MINSK, April 23 (BelTA) – Belarus should be the bridge to connect the East and the West, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in his State of the Nation Address to the Belarusian people and the parliament on April 23.

An active balanced foreign policy, which uses hardline approaches to protect...

MINSK, April 22 (BelTA) – The visa requirements between Belarus and Israel is expected to be canceled in 2010, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Belarus Eduard Shapira told reporters in Minsk on April 22.

According to the Ambassador, in November 2008, Belarus and Israel had consular negotiations to...

BYKHOV, April 22 (BelTA) – Belarusian and Russian producers should enjoy equal terms on the Union State market, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky told media during his working trip to Bykhov on April 22.

In his words, the government has information that the Russian Federation has taken several decisions impeding...

MOGILEV, April 20 (BelTA) – In 2009-2010, some 42 entities specializing in rural tourism are expected to be set up in the Mogilev oblast. Such decision was taken at a session of the Mogilev Oblast Council of Deputies at the suggestion of Mogilev Oblast Governor Piotr Rudnik on April 20....

WARSAW, April 20 (BelTA) – A delegation of the Mogilev oblast led by Deputy Chairman of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee Valery Malashko is taking part in the 16th international economic forum in the city of Torun in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship of Poland. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to...

MOGILEV, April 16 (BelTA) – The Mogilev oblast and the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow signed a cooperation programme 2009-2011 on April 16, BelTA informs. It is the third programme the two regions sign.

The trade between the Mogilev oblast and Moscow in 2006-2008 totaled $1 billion, Chairman of the Mogilev...

MOGILEV, April 16 (BelTA) – Mogilev and the Sokolinaya Gora Municipal Council of the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow signed the cooperation programme for 2009 in Mogilev on April 16.

According to the Chairman of the Mogilev Town Executive Committee, the cooperation between Mogilev and Moscow has been actively developing...

MINSK, April 14 (BelTA) – Belarusian and Czech businessmen will discuss the possibilities of creation of joint ventures. A delegation of Belarusian businessmen will visit Prague on May 4-7, BelTA learnt from the Minsk office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

In Prague, the Belarusian businessmen are expected...

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...