Archive - 2010

MINSK, 20 April (BelTA) – The need to stop being dependent on monopolies, primarily from Russia, forces Belarus to seek and secure its foothold on new markets. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made the relevant statement in his address to the Belarusian nation and the parliament on 20 April, BelTA...

MINSK, 19 April (BelTA) – The large distance between Belarus and Venezuela will never be a hindrance to building stronger bilateral relations. The statement was made by Belarus First Vice Premier Vladimir Semashko as wreaths were placed at the memorial plaque in the mini park named after Simon Bolivar in...

MINSK, 17 April (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has congratulated President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad upon the national holiday – the Evacuation Day, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service.

Alexander Lukashenko noted that Belarus highly values friendly relations between the two countries and expressed his...

CARACAS, 16 April (BelTA) – In April 2010 the Venezuelan side will provide Belarusian constructors with 260-hectares of land to construct a satellite town in the Barinas State. The project envisages the construction of 10,000 apartments, BelTA learnt from Alexander Mysov, chief architect of the project, head of the Belniigradostroitelstvo...

PINSK REGION, 14 April (BelTA) – The spring sowing campaign should be completed by 9 May, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said during his working visit to Brest Oblast on 13 April, BelTA has learnt.

The President noted that at present it is necessary to intensify the sowing campaign.

Actually, the...

CARACAS, 9 April (BelTA) – A delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Belarus led by Agriculture and Food Minister Semyon Shapiro has flown to Venezuela to flesh out the cooperation arrangements in the agricultural industry and sign contracts, BelTA has learnt.

The protocols of intent concluded during the...

MOGILEV, 8 April (BelTA) – The Mogilev Meat Packing Plant has opened its chain store in the town of Yartsevo, the Smolensk oblast, Russia, BelTA learnt from head of the company’s trading department Olga Nogikh.

The company signed a long lease contract on a space in a trading center in Metallurgov...

MINSK, 8 April (BelTA) – Belarus and Russia are resolute to resolve all problems and difficulties in the bilateral relations, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he met with Moscow Oblast Governor Boris Gromov in Minsk on 8 April.

“I will be forthright: once we were taking giant leaps building...

MINSK, 6 April (BelTA) – The state supports and will keep supporting the dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox churches, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Metropolitan of the Minsk and Mogilev Archidiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Belarus, at St Mary Cathedral...

MINSK, 5 April (BelTA) – I will always protect the interests of Belarusian people, Church and the country’s independence, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he visited Holy Spirit Cathedral on 4 April.

“We need our own land, our own state in order to let the believers of different faiths...