Archive - 2010

MINSK, 21 May (BelTA) – The Swiss side has informed that the Swiss visa issuance procedures will change on 24 May, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

Schengen visas of A and C types (without the right to work) will be issued by the Embassy...

MINSK, 18 May (BelTA) – More attention should be paid to developing private household plots, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko told a government session held on 18 May to discuss the development of private household plots.

The head of state pointed out that the problem is of considerable economic, social and...

MINSK, 19 May (BelTA) – There are plans to construct nearly 20 transport and logistics centers in Belarus in the near future, First Deputy Transport and Communication Minister of Belarus Nikolai Verkhovets said as he met with the delegations of the Transport and Communication Ministry of Belarus and the Ministry...

MINSK, 17 May (BelTA) – Belarus will insist on zero customs duties on oil and oil products in the Customs Union at the next meeting of heads of government of the Customs Union member-states in Saint Petersburg, the press service of the Belarus President quoted Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky as...

KAZAN, 15 May (BelTA) – Belarus and Tatarstan have plans to unite research and development projects, Belarus Premier Sergei Sidorsky told media after his meeting with President Rustam Minnikhanov of Tatarstan on 14 May.

“In the near future the most significant research and development projects of Tatarstan and the most important...

MINSK, 14 May (BelTA) – It is necessary to considerably reduce Belarus’ dependence on pharmaceutical imports and increase the exports of Belarusian medicines, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said at the government session held on 14 May to discuss the development of the domestic pharmaceutical industry.

A wise balance of imports...

MINSK, 13 May (BelTA) – Despite the geographical distance, Belarus and Vietnam have every opportunity to make considerable progress in their relations, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet on 13 May.

According to Alexander Lukashenko, Vietnam is Belarus’ major partner in Southeast...

MINSK, 12 May (BelTA) – The World Bank is considering the possibility of establishing an energy effectiveness fund in Belarus. The information was released by Peter Thomson, Director of the Sustainable Development Sector Unit in Europe and Central Asia Region of the World Bank, at a presentation in Minsk on...

MOGILEV, 12 May (BelTA) – The 10th international festival of children’s arts “Golden Bee” will be held in Klimovichi (Mogilev Oblast) on 28-30 May, BelTA learned from Anatoly Sinkovets, the head of the culture department of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee.

Taking part in the festival will be singers...

VITEBSK, 11 May (BelTA) – The revision of the Great Patriotic War history is inadmissible, stressed Vitebsk Oblast Governor Alexander Kosinets at a solemn meeting dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the Victory, BelTA has learned.

“It is our veterans that beat the fascism. It is them who are decorated with...