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ASTANA, 2 December (BelTA) – The OSCE should develop universal standards for assessing elections, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said in his speech at the OSCE summit in Astana on 2 December.

“A lot has been said about human rights. If we start talking about it, we should take a serious approach...

MINSK, 29 November (BelTA) – Alexander Lukashenko urged his authorized representatives to avoid excessive campaigning. “I would like point out one feature of our pre-election campaign. We should avoid excesses in our campaigning and in our desire to defend everything we have achieved. If we boast and exaggerate, it will...

MINSK, 26 November (BelTA) – Social and economic research centers under the Science and Research Institute of Economy of the Economy Ministry are set up in the Belarusian oblasts and the city of Minsk. The Belarus President signed relevant Decree No 605 on several issues regarding the Science and Research...

MINSK, 25 November (BelTA) - Decree No 10 “On additional terms for investment activities in the Republic of Belarus” dated 6 August 2009 may be supplemented by new incentives for investors, the chief of the general directorate of law making activities in economy and ecology of the Justice Ministry of...

WARSAW, 25 November (BelTA) – Mogilev Oblast has been invited to partake in a regional economic forum in Torun, Poland, in early February 2011, Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Province Piotr Calbecki said as he met with Consul General of Belarus to Gdansk Ruslan Yesin on 24 November.

Piotr Calbecki stressed that...

MINSK, 24 November (BelTA) – Foreign diplomats are planning to visit the State Property Committee on 24 November in order to learn more about the privatization process in Belarus, BelTA learnt from the press service of the committee.

A delegation of the International Trading Club comprising heads and representatives of foreign...

MINSK, 23 November (BelTA) – Belarus is interested in creating common integration platforms between the EU and the Customs Union, Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergei Martynov said as he opened a joint session of the foreign ministries of Belarus and Russia on 23 November, BelTA has learnt.

According to Sergei Martynov,...

MOGILEV, 23 November (BelTA) – The Union State Spartakiade, Olympic Youth 2010, will take place in Mogilev on 23-28 November. The youngsters will compete in volleyball, basketball and ice hockey, BelTA learnt from the department for physical education, sports and tourism of the Mogilev Oblast executive committee.

Partaking in the contest...

MOGILEV, 23 November (BelTA) - German investors intend to create a facility to manufacture cement-bonded boards in Mogilev Oblast. The agreement was reached with one of the German companies during the Belarusian Investment Forum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, BelTA learnt from Viktor Nekrashevich, deputy chairman of the Mogilev oblast...

MINSK, 22 November (BelTA) – Belarus Investment Forum in Frankfurt am Main has caught the interest of foreign investors, Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said in an interview to Belarus TV.

In his words, Belarus’ first investment forum took place in London, a so-called financial hub of Europe, two years...