Archive - Aug 2010

ZHITKOVICHI District, 31 August (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko does not rule out a possibility of privatization of agricultural lands. The President made this statement as he visited the farm of Mikhail Shrub in Zhitkovichi District, BelTA has learnt.

“If we decide to give land into private ownership, we...

MOZYR DISTRICT, 30 August (BelTA) – It is necessary to focus on signing long-term contracts for selling agricultural products, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko during his working trip to Gomel Oblast on 30 August.

The head of state remarked that he was primarily interested in matters of corn and potatoes...

MINSK, 27 August (BelTA) – Belarus supports the efforts of the international community to abolish nuclear weapons, Ivan Grinevich, adviser for arms control and international security of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus, told a press conference on 27 August, BelTA has learnt.

“Belarus supports the efforts of the international community to...

MINSK, 26 August (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko views regional cooperation as the basis of the Belarusian-Russian integration. He made this statement as he met with Governor of Kursk Oblast of the Russian Federation Alexander Mikhailov.

The Head of State noted with regret that the global financial crisis affected...

MINSK, 25 August (BelTA) – The financing of investment projects in Belarus is expected to go up by 4.5 times within the next five years, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said in a meeting with the members of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus on 25 August.

“Within the...

MINSK, 24 August (BelTA) – In a session of the Council of Ministers’ Presidium on 24 August, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky urged the government and local authorities to intensify the work on crearing business-friendly environment in small and medium-sized towns, BelTA has learnt.

All necessary conditions for business development...

MINSK, 23 August (BelTA) – Belarus and PACE are set to continue a constructive dialogue, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Viktor Guminsky said as he met with PACE Rapporteur on Belarus Sinikka Hurskainen on 23 August.

The Vice Speaker expressed hope for further...

MINSK, 20 August (BelTA) – The United Computer Science Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus has ported the portable batch system PBS Torque to the Windows platform. PBS Torque is one of the most popular software solutions used for cluster computing, BelTA learned from Anatoly Krishtofik, Executive...

MINSK, 19 August (BelTA) – Following instructions of the head of state the Belarus President Administration will start the third phase of a large-scale monitoring of how local level authorities interact with individual citizens, representatives of the Belarus President Administration told BelTA.

Higher ranking officials are supposed to take part in...

MINSK, 18 August (BelTA) – Belarus plans to launch a number of venture projects by the end of 2010, Director of the Belarus Innovation Fund Anatoly Grishanovich told BelTA.

“We may say that by the end of the year we will start choosing and implementing such projects,” Anatoly Grishanovich...