Archive - 2010

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...

KYIV, 5 February (BelTA) – In 2010 Belarus and Ukraine are set to reach the pre-crisis level of trade turnover, which stood at $5 billion, BelTA learnt form Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Ukraine Valentin Velichko.

For the past several years trade and economic cooperation between the...

MINSK, 4 February (BelTA) – Belarus is always ready for a civilized dialogue with European institutions, said Chairman of the Permanent Commission for Regional Policy and Local Governance of the Council of the Republic Gennady Novitsky as he met with Director of the Council of Europe’s Directorate of Democratic Institutions...

GOMEL, 3 February (BelTA) – China will invest another $10 billion in Belarus’ economy, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky told media in Gomel on 3 February.

According to the official, the Belarusian government expects a PRC Vice Premier to visit Belarus. “We have agreed on attracting new investments to the...

MINSK, 2 February (BelTA) – In 2010 Belarus should drastically intensify efforts to attract foreign investors, First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vladimir Semashko said at a session of the Council of Ministers on 2 February, BelTA has learnt.

In 2009, the capital investments in Belarus made up 108.6% as against...

MINSK, 1 February (BelTA) – International agreements on cooperation in the information area were signed between Belarus and Turkmenistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in 2009, First Deputy Information Minister of Belarus Liliya Ananich said at a ministerial session on 29 January.

The development of the...

MINSK, 29 January (BelTA) – Belarus intends to cultivate balanced relations with both East and West, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said as he received credentials from foreign ambassadors, BelTA has learnt.

Alexander Lukashenko underlined that such a multi-directed and pragmatic stance has helped the country maintain positive cooperation trends...

MINSK, 28 January (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko thinks that Belarus and Iran do not exploit their huge cooperation potential fully. The Belarusian leader made this statement as he met with Head of the Presidential Office of Iran Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie on 28 January, BelTA has learnt.

“The cooperation...