Archive - Aug 2010

MINSK, 17 August (BelTA) – The agreement on the CIS free trade zone may be signed by the end of 2010, CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev told reporters in Minsk on 17 August, BelTA has learnt.

Sergei Lebedev reported that on 16 September the Russian capital will host a session...

MINSK, 16 August (BelTA) – A session of the Belarus-India commission for trade and economic cooperation is planned to be held in Minsk in autumn, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Belarus Ramesh Chander said at a solemn reception dedicated to the Independence Day of India, BelTA has learnt.

The...

KALINKOVICHI, 13 August (BelTA) – The grain cropped in Belarus will be sufficient to meet the domestic needs, and the extra will be sold abroad, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky told reporters in Kalinkovichi on 13 August. The Premier is on a working trip to Gomel Oblast, BelTA has...

MINSK, 12 August (BelTA) – President of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov is in Belarus on a working visit. This will be a brief visit, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Foreign Ministry. Rustam Minnikhanov is scheduled to lay flowers at the Victory Monument, and to meet...

MINSK, 11 August (BelTA) – The first leg of the International Handball League featuring six teams from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine starts in Minsk on August 11, BelTA has learnt.

Belarus will be represented by the two-time national champion, Minsk Dinamo, and the country’s most winning SKA Club. SKA will play...

MINSK, 10 August (BelTA) – Belarusian agricultural companies have already harvested over 6 million tonnes of grain, BelTA learnt from the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

As of 9 August, there were threshed 6,173,900 grain, with the average yield of 30.2 centners per hectare. The highest crop yield was registered in Grodno...

VILNIUS, 9 August (BelTA) – The first international music and sports festival, Belarusian Roots, opened in Lithuania’s Palanga on 9 August, BelTA has learnt.

The organizer of the festival, the Belarusian Center of Tourism and Recreation in Lithuania, selected ten young performers from Belarus, Lithuania and Russia. Such festivals are a...

MINSK, 9 August (BelTA) – The Belarusian mechanical engineering company Bobruiskagromash intends to start joint production of agricultural machines in Krasnodar Territory, the Russian Federation, by the end of the year, representatives of the company’s marketing department told BelTA.

The relevant agreement to implement the investment project in the town of...

MINSK, 6 August (BelTA) – The Mogilev steelworks has been developing cooperation with Azerbaijan and Armenia, BelTA learnt from deputy head of the company’s marketing department Natalia Karmazina.

In her words, approximately 180 tonnes of steel pipes have been shipped to Azerbaijan following the order of a large construction company Azenko....

MINSK, 6 August (BelTA) – Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky met with representatives of Fishman Group. “I initiated this meeting to urge you to speed up the IT-Park project,” Sergei Sidorsky said. Belarus announced an open tender to construct the IT-Park in 2008 and Fishman Group showed willingness to...