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MINSK, June 3 (BelTA) – Over 130 companies and organisations have displayed their products at the 5th National Exhibition of Belarus in Kazakhstan BelarusEXPO 2009. The exposition takes place in Astana on June 3-6, BelTA learnt from the organizing committee.

The exposition will display a wide range of Belarusian industrial and...

MINSK, June 2 (BelTA) – The international specialized exhibition Power engineering. Ecology. Energy-saving. Electro 2009 will be held in Minsk on October 13-16. The relevant directive has been signed by Belarusian Premier Sergei Sidorsky, BelTA learnt from the Office of the Council of Ministers.

The organizational committee of the forum...

MINSK, June 1 (BelTA) – The Republic of Belarus and the Kingdom of Spain signed an intergovernmental agreement on the recuperation of underage Belarusians in Spain on June 1, BelTA has learnt.

The document was signed by Director of the Department for Humanitarian Activities of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate...

MINSK, May 27 (BelTA) – The prerequisites are in place for the economic growth in Belarus, Vice-Premier of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov told reporters on May 27.

Owing to the efforts of the government, we can see the signs of stability and prerequisites for the economic growth, Andrei Kobyakov said.

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SHKLOV REGION, May 22 (BelTA) – Development of rural tourism and hotel business will help revive rural regions, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko told reporters.

“We can assert today that rural tourism in Belarus is a reality. The first stage of formation is over,” the head of state said.

Belagroprombank makes a...

MINSK, May 20 (BelTA) – Over 40 companies are partaking in the 1st International Specialized Exhibition Real Estate and Investments 2009, Viktor Shanyukevich, chairman of the permanent commission for construction, housing, land tenure and ecology of the Minsk Council of Deputies, said at an opening ceremony of the exhibition in...

MINSK, May 13 (BelTA) – In 2008, Austria invested $940 million in the Belarusian economy, up 1.6 times, First Vice-Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko said in a meeting with an Austrian delegation led by Reinhard Mang, Secretary-General of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, in Minsk on May 13.

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MINSK, May 12 (BelTA) – Pope Benedict XVI was pleased with the meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Secretary of State of Pope Benedict XVI Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone told the ONT channel, BelTA learnt from Minsk Metropolitan Curia of the Roman-Catholic Church.

“Your President was very well prepared for the...

MINSK, May 6 (BelTA) – Belarus is a priority country for the International Finance Corporation in Central and Eastern Europe as far as investments and consultative services are concerned. With this in mind the IFC intends to increase investments into the Belarusian economy in the future, World Bank Group representative...

MINSK, May 5 (BelTA) – Belarus sees its union with Russia only as the union of equal states, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview to Reuters on May 4, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service.

“We see this union only as the union of equal states....