Archive - 2009

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...

MINSK, 17 November (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko doubts whether Belarus’ interests are well taken care of in Customs Union regulations. The Belarus President made the relevant statement at a cabinet session held on 17 November to discuss the Customs Union formation, BelTA has learned.

“Speaking directly, I am...

MINSK, 16 November (BelTA) – Specialists from Venezuela are getting familiar with the new technologies used by Belarusian arborists to plan, cultivate and procure wood. A group of forestry experts from Venezuela arrived in Belarus on 16 November on a working visit, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Forestry Ministry Ruzhena...

MINSK, 13 November (BelTA) – The interest of foreign investors in Belarus grows by the year, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov told reporters at Belarus’ Investment and Economic Forum in Minsk on 13 November, BelTA has learnt.

“Foreign investors have a genuine interest in Belarus,” Andrei Kobyakov said. He...

MINSK, 12 November (BelTA) – Belarus and Azerbaijan have sighed a package of the bilateral agreements. The documents were signed in the presence of the presidents of both the countries after their broader participation meeting in Minsk on 12 November.

Alexander Lukashenko and Ilham Aliyev have adopted the joint...