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The 9th Vilnius book fair opened in Lithuania on February 21. It features 250 participants from six countries – Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Great Britain and Italy.

Belarus takes part in the fair every year. The Belarusian exposition “Printed editions of the Republic of Belarus” represents different publications by 20 book...

The state programme on prevention of suicides for 2008-2012 has been introduced before Belarus’ Government, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Alexander Kosinets told reporters on February 22.

According to him, the government “does not support some provisions of the programme as they have a declarative character”. So, the government has...

Over the last three years, Belarus has abolished 12 taxes, five of them in 2008, First Deputy Minister for Taxes and Duties of Belarus Vladimir Poluyan told reporters in Minsk on February 20.

According to him, over the period under review, the ministry has significantly simplified ecological tax, brought changes...

Belarus and Estonia intend to intensify cooperation in customs affairs. A statement to this effect was made at consultations between representatives of customs agencies of the two states, which took place on 13-15 February in Estonia, Alexander Ostrovsky, Consul General of Belarus in Tallinn, told BelTA.
A delegation of the State...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko addressed the soldiers-internationalists, veterans of the Afghan war on the occasion of the Remembrance Day.
“The bitter grief for the fallen is always there in our hearts. Hundreds of Belarusians never returned home from Afghanistan. We bow our heads before the blessed memory of our countrymen...

Dmitry Daschinsky of Belarus scored 117,92 points to place second at the World Freestyle Skiing cup in Cypress Mountain in Canada. He was 2.21 points behind the winner Steve Omischl of Canada. Anton Kushnir finished in fifth (113,72 points), Alexei Grishin - 16th (89,76).

In the women’s event the gold...

Some 15 leading companies of Belgospischeprom Concern are participating in the 15th international food exhibition Prodexpo 2008 held in Moscow, BelTA learnt from Elena Malinovskaya, the head of the foreign-economic department of the concern. A delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs of Belarus is led by head...

Some 15 companies of the Belarusian Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs are participating in the 15th international food exhibition Prodexpo 2008 held in Moscow, BelTA learnt from the international cooperation department of the Belarusian Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs. A delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs of Belarus...

The Nordic Council considers Belarus as a natural part of the European family, Dagfinn Hoybraten, the head of Nordic Council’s delegation, a Norwegian parliamentarian and a member of the Presidium of the Nordic Council, noted during a session held in the Council of the Republic of Belarus’ National Assembly on...

20 countries will take part in the 15th international exhibition and fair Books of Belarus 2008, Elena Platonova, the head of the publishing activity and book trade department of the Belarusian Information Ministry, told BelTA.

According to the specialist, the Minsk fair is popular among book publishers from various countries....