Archive - 2009

MINSK, 11 November (BelTA) – In October 2009, inflation in Belarus was running at 0.4%, Alexander Lobanov, chief of the main monetary policy and economic analysis department of the National Bank said at a seminar of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly dedicated to the problems and prospects...

MINSK, 10 November (BelTA) – The improvement of the electoral legislation in Belarus will not require introducing changes to the Constitution, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said at a cabinet session held on 10 November to discuss the improvement of the electoral legislation.

“There is no need and no...

KIEV, 6 November (BelTA) – Presidents of Belarus and Ukraine Alexander Lukashenko and Viktor Yushchenko will continue bilateral talks today, 6 November, BelTA has learnt.

The heads of state will have a meeting in Ivano-Frankovsk.

Alexander Lukashenko is set to meet with chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Vladimir Litvin in...

KIEV, 5 November (BelTA) – Relations between Belarus and Ukraine resemble strategic partnership more and more. Alexander Lukashenko made the relevant statement in his speech before the Academic Council of the T. Shevchenko National University of Kiev on 5 November.

“The existing system of political, trade and economic, educational, cultural and...

MINSK, 4 November (BelTA) - Web-based business registration and closing down will become available in Belarus starting 2010, Galina Podrezenok, Head of the United State Register of Corporations with the Belarusian Justice Ministry, told media on 4 November.

After studying international practices the Justice Ministry has put together a draft decree...

MINSK, 4 November (BelTA) – In conditions of the global financial crisis Belarus’ economic development figures are exceedingly better than those of other countries. The statement was made by Klaus Mangold, Chairman of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations, as he met with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on...

MINSK, 3 November (BelTA) – Alexander Lukashenko is convinced that Belarus will be able to handle the global crisis’ negative impact on the country’s development. The Belarus President made the relevant statement during a state award ceremony on 3 November.

The head of state underlined that responsible and smooth work in...

MINSK, 29 October (BelTA) – There will be no drastic changes of the exchange rate of the national currency and no drastic devaluation in Belarus, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus (NBRB) Piotr Prokopovich told media on 29 October.

IMF experts believe that the NBRB’s current policy...

MINSK, 23 October (BelTA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan plans to carry out several joint projects in Belarus. In particular, the projects envisage the recreation of Belarusian children in Japan and the minimization of Chernobyl catastrophe consequences. The information was released by Gennady Davydko, Deputy Chairman of...

MOGILEV, 23 October (BelTA) – Mogilev hosts a seminar on non-custodial sentences and other criminal penalties where the participants from Belarus and Germany share experience of the application of such penalties and their reformation in Belarus and Germany, BelTA has learnt.

The forum is held by the Supreme...