Archive - 2009

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...

MINSK, 29 July (BelTA) – Belarus has opened 72 investment projects for foreign capital to develop the tourist infrastructure, Minister of Sport and Tourism of Belarus Oleg Kachan said at an online conferences hosted by the BelTA website on 29 July.

According to him, the information about the investment projects...

MINSK, 21 July (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko urges not to believe the gossip and speculations spread by some mass media that claim that Belarus would abandon Russia. The President made the relevant statement as he met with Sergei Stepashin, Chairman of the Russian Audit Chamber, on 21...

MINSK, 16 July (BelTA) – Setting up research and production complexes as well as major centres for researching and manufacturing innovative products should become the optimal way for developing scientific institutions. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made the statement as he presented degree certificates to elected academicians and corresponding members...

MINSK, 13 July (BelTA) – The investments attracted by the Belarus Investment Forum in London exceed $3 billion, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Belarus to the UK Alexander Mikhnevich told media.

“A very large number of contracts were signed at the Belarus Investment Forum. The package of investments born by...

MINSK, 7 July (BelTA) – The potential of the tourism industry has not been used in full, First Vice-Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko said during a session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers which considered the intermediate results of the national tourism development programme for 2006-2010 on 7...

MOGILEV, 8 July (BelTA) – Director General of Bobruiskagromash Evgeny Pakhilko has been named Man of Action for his contribution to increasing exports during the global financial and economic crisis, BelTA learnt from the marketing department of the company.

The contest was held by the Business (East + West)...

MINSK, 7 July (BelTA) – Belarus strictly adheres to a good neighbourly policy in the international arena, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at a reception arranged for graduates of Belarusian and Russian military educational establishments on 7 July.

“The historical experience of the Belarusian nation, the informed choice of our...

MINSK, 6 July (BelTA) – Belarus is interested in being part of the Customs Union together with Russia and Kazakhstan as well as part of the free trade zone together with the European Union. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made the statement in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Die...