Archive - 2010

MINSK, 24 August (BelTA) – In a session of the Council of Ministers’ Presidium on 24 August, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky urged the government and local authorities to intensify the work on crearing business-friendly environment in small and medium-sized towns, BelTA has learnt.

All necessary conditions for business development...

MINSK, 23 August (BelTA) – Belarus and PACE are set to continue a constructive dialogue, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Viktor Guminsky said as he met with PACE Rapporteur on Belarus Sinikka Hurskainen on 23 August.

The Vice Speaker expressed hope for further...

MINSK, 20 August (BelTA) – The United Computer Science Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus has ported the portable batch system PBS Torque to the Windows platform. PBS Torque is one of the most popular software solutions used for cluster computing, BelTA learned from Anatoly Krishtofik, Executive...

MINSK, 19 August (BelTA) – Following instructions of the head of state the Belarus President Administration will start the third phase of a large-scale monitoring of how local level authorities interact with individual citizens, representatives of the Belarus President Administration told BelTA.

Higher ranking officials are supposed to take part in...

MINSK, 18 August (BelTA) – Belarus plans to launch a number of venture projects by the end of 2010, Director of the Belarus Innovation Fund Anatoly Grishanovich told BelTA.

“We may say that by the end of the year we will start choosing and implementing such projects,” Anatoly Grishanovich...

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...