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MINSK, 21 October (BelTA) - Russia needs time to re-think relations with neighbors, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko told the Lithuanian newspaper Litovsky Kurier in an interview that was published on 21 October.

At present Russia aims to establish partnership relations. “Okay, let’s be partners. Earlier they used to say that...

OSHMYANY DISTRICT, 20 October (BelTA) – President Dalia Grybauskaite of the Republic of Lithuania has arrived in Belarus on a working visit, BelTA has learnt.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is set to meet with his Lithuanian counterpart on 20 October. Trade and economic cooperation will highlight both the private and extended...

KYIV, 19 October (BelTA) – Ukraine will provide transportation of all Venezuelan oil arriving in the Black Sea ports for Belarus, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said in a joint press conference together with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez in Kiev on 18 October.

The Ukrainian head of state noted that all...

MINSK, 18 October (BelTA) - Representatives of Belarus and Venezuela signed 12 memorandums in Minsk National Airport before the departure of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

These are the documents on cooperation in various areas, First Vice-Premier Vladimir Semashko told reporters. In addition to assembly plants of tractors and MAZ trucks in...

MINSK, 15 October (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez will discuss the state and prospects of cooperation between the two states in various areas during a visit of the Venezuelan leader to Belarus, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian head...

MINSK, 13 October (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signed Decree No. 527, which provides Belarusian Government with a right to issue government bonds of the Republic of Belarus on the Russian market in 2010-2011. The decree is placed on the national legal web portal of the Republic of...

MINSK, 12 October (BelTA) – In January-September inflation in Belarus totaled 6.8%, 1.1% down over the same months last year. In September 2010 inflation stood at 1.6%, BelTA learnt from the National Statistics Committee.

The average consumer price index growth slowed down as well. In January-September 2010 it made up 0.7%...

MINSK, 11 October (BelTA) – During his working trip to China Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko paid a visit to the World EXPO 2010 in Shanghai on 10 October. The head of state attended the national pavilions of Belarus and China, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service.

In China Pavilion, the...

MINSK, 8 October (BelTA) – The Belarus President, summarizing the results of his recent visit to Turkey, emphasized the country has promising future into several areas of cooperation with that country, particularly, engineering, light and transport industries. The relevant statement was made by Alexander Lukashenko in his meeting with Foreign...

MINSK, 7 October (BelTA) – More preferences will be granted to foreign investors in Belarus via amendments to Belarus president decree No. 10 of 6 August 2009, Sergei Trofimovich, Head of the Central Office for Investments of the Belarusian Economy Ministry, told media on 7 October.

Last year the decree considerably...