Archive - 2010

MINSK, 4 October (BelTA) – Belarus and Lithuania are set to sign an agreement on small-scale local border traffic any day now, Chairman of the State Border Committee of Belarus Igor Rachkovsky told media on 4 October.

In line with the agreement, residents of the near-border zones will be given the...

MINSK, 1 October (BelTA) – Belarus and China have strategic relations, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said in a press conference for Russian regional mass media on 1 October.

“Our relations with China are strategic. We have very good relations. We will not damage them. We will be building up this resource,”...

MINSK, 30 September (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko made several personnel decisions on 30 September 2010, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.

The President of Belarus appointed Nikolai Domashkevich aide to the Belarus President, Chief Inspector for Vitebsk Oblast.

The Belarus President also authorized the appointment...

MINSK, 29 September (BelTA) – A joint Belarusian-Chinese center to foster the development of cooperation in education, culture, economy and science will be set up in the near future. This is one of the major issues of the cooperation program between the higher educational establishments of the Republic of Belarus...

MOGILEV, 29 September (BelTA) – In January-July 2010, the trade between Mogilev Oblast and Georgia rose 1.4 times to exceed $3.5 million compared with the same period of 2009, Chairman of the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee Piotr Rudnik said as he met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to...

MINSK, 28 September (BelTA) – It is possible to develop transplantation medicine in Belarus and to create new centers for the transplantation of organs and tissues, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said as he visited the National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Center on 28 September.

The medics said that the possibility...

MINSK, 27 September (BelTA) – The process of registering initiative groups to nominate candidates for presidency was super liberal, Secretary of the Central Election Commission Nikolai Lozovik stated as he commented on the results of the registration of initiative groups on 27 September.

In its session on 27 September the Central...

MINSK, 24 September (BelTA) – Interpretation of the state as a ‘warden’ and a passive observer that lives off taxes does not match Belarus, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in his speech before students and lecturers of the Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the Belarus President...

NESVIZH DISTRICT, 23 September (BelTA) – The output capacity of Belarusian sugar refineries should be increased, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he visited the Gorodeya sugar refinery on 23 September.

“We have a system for sugar, a structure, there is space to grow into. This is why raising the...

MINSK, 22 September (BelTA) – Car Free Day will be held in Belarus on 22 September, BelTA learnt from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.

It is the third time Belarus is to take part in the European Carfree Day campaign. Belarus organized its first Car Free Day in...