Archive - Feb 2010

MINSK, 16 February (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko demanded that the structure of the ministries and government agencies be optimized within half a year. The head of state made the relevant statement at a session to improve the structure of the Agriculture and Food Ministry on 16 February,...

MINSK, 15 February (BelTA) – Belarus is going to raise more than Br2.764 trillion of investments, including more than Br1.406 trillion of foreign investments, to implement 60 major investment projects in 2010, BelTA learnt from the Office of the Council of Ministers.

In line with Resolution No169 of the Council of...

MINSK, 15 February (BelTA) – Belarus is going to raise more than Br2.764 trillion of investments, including more than Br1.406 trillion of foreign investments, to implement 60 major investment projects in 2010, BelTA learnt from the Office of the Council of Ministers.

In line with Resolution No169 of the Council of...

MINSK, 12 February (BelTA) – The 21st Winter Olympics are set to start in Vancouver on the night of 13 February. The First Belarusian National TV Channel will broadcast the Olympics opening ceremony live at 3.55 am Minsk time. The broadcast will be repeated at 15.30.

The organizers of the Vancouver...

MINSK, 11 February (BelTA) – In January 2010 Belarus’ GDP was up 1.3% over the same period last year to Br9.834trillion, BelTA learnt from the National Statistics Committee.

In January the industrial output increased by 2.5% as against January last year to Br10.44 trillion. The production of consumer goods amounted...

MINSK, 10 February (BelTA) – The trans-boundary route dubbed as Natura Bella Dvina will take tourists to the protected natural sites of Belarus and Latvia, PR manager of the project Marina Borisova told BelTA.

The route is 800km long, which is a record high for such projects. It offers trips to...

MINSK, 10 February (BelTA) – This election campaign in Belarus will be more dynamic, Chairperson of the Central Election Commission Lydia Yermoshina told reporters on 10 February. She is taking part in the workshop-session with chairs and secretaries of the territorial and district election commissions, chiefs of human resources and...

MOGILEV, 9 February (BelTA) – Belarus and Denmark intend to promote interregional cooperation, Holger Pyndt, Director of the National Association of Local Authorities of Denmark, told media in Mogilev on 9 February.

Representatives of local authorities of the Danish cities Aarhus, Odense, and Lolland as well as representatives of the Denmark...

MINSK, 9 February (BelTA) – In 2010 Belarus will introduce new food quality standards that would set out more stringent requirements for the quality of products. This is one of the events slated for the implementation in the Year of Quality in Belarus. The national action plan for the Year...

MINSK, 8 February (BelTA) – The European Union invites Belarus to develop cooperation in education, representative of the European Commission’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (Brussels) Giulia Moro said during a roundtable, Education Policy of the EU and Belarus: Sharing Experience, on 6 February.

Belarus has...