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Zhores Alferov: Nobel Peace Prize winners should spearhead a campaign to revoke Obama’s Peace Prize
Zhores Alferov, a Nobel Physics Prize Winner and Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is urging Nobel Peace Prize winners to initiate a campaign to rescind the Nobel Peace Prize that was awarded to Barack Obama, President of the USA. He announced this in a video link between Moscow and St. Petersburg.
04.09.2013
Sulaiman Kerimov is named as a defendant in the CJSC Belarusian Potash Company case and is put on the wanted list
The Belarusian Investigative Committee has accused Suleiman Kerimov, a shareholder in the OJSC Uralkali, in the criminal case against the executives of the CJSC Belarusian Potash Company. BELTA has been told this by the Information and Public Relations Department of the Investigative Committee of Belarus.
03.09.2013
Our overall task
Throughout history, each nation has faced challenges which guide its further development. Today the key task for Belarusians, Russians and Ukrainians is the preservation and strengthening their historical traditions, culture and national values.
02.09.2013
Draft social and economic development forecast and the state budget of Belarus for 2014 to be discussed at meeting of the Council of Ministers today
The press service of the Belarusian government has told BELTA that the concepts of the draft social and economic development forecast and the draft state budget of Belarus for 2014 will be discussed today at a meeting of the Council of Ministers, chaired by Mikhail Myasnikovich, the Prime Minister of Belarus.
30.08.2013
29 August 2013: Grigory Rapota, Secretary of the Union State, visits Minsk
On Thursday 29 August 2013 Grigory Rapota, the Secretary of the Union State, visited Minsk.
28.08.2013
Initiation of criminal proceedings against several executives of CJSC Belarusian Potash Company: competent commentaries
The Belarusian Investigative Committee has reported that criminal charges have been brought against several executives of the ZAO Belarusian Potash Company who had abused their official powers for personal gain over a long period. The abuse had resulted in considerable economic and reputational damage to OAO Belaruskali and the joint Russian and Belarusian company, CJSC Belarusian Potash Company. Pavel Traulko, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee commented on the situation in an interview with a BELTA correspondent.
28.08.2013
Republican Council of NGO White Russia approves the Plan for Participation in the Organisational Structures for the 2014 Elections of Deputies for Local Councils
One of the biggest public organisations in the country is preparing for regular elections. White Russia has good reason: the increasing size of the organisation and its public support, its broad representation in Parliament and local government bodies, the interest of foreign political parties and increased attention from its opponents and the media.
26.08.2013
Lukashenko expresses confidence that the celebration of the anniversary of the Battle of Kursk will strengthen the long traditions of friendship and mutual understanding between the Belarusian and Russian peoples
Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Belarus, has sent greetings to Alexander Mikhailov, the Governor of the Kursk Region, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Kursk. BELTA has learned this from the presidential press service.
23.08.2013
Trade unions of Belarus and Moldova sign a cooperation agreement
Trade unions from Belarus and Moldova have signed a cooperation agreement, BELTA’s correspondent reports.
21.08.2013
Working days of the Belarusian Government
During a videoconference on 15 August Anatoly Kalinin, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, discussed implementation of the programmes for overhaul of the facilities for the collection, processing and housing of materials resources. The discussions were attended by senior officials from Republican agencies and organisations, regional executive committees and the Minsk Executive Committee.
20.08.2013
Environmental impact assessment still applies …
Belarus and Russia guarantee the complete safety and quality of the nuclear power plant which is to be built in the northeast of Belarus. However it seems that Lithuania does not want to hear the truth. Last Saturday the Belarusian town of Ostrovets, in the Grodno Region, located near the boundary of the Union State and the EU considered the specific features of its location.
19.08.2013
Meeting of the CIS Intergovernmental Council on Forestry and the Wood and Paper Industry held in Belovezhskaya Pushcha
On 22 and 23 August the 13th meeting of the Intergovernmental Council on Forestry and the Wood and Paper Industry was held in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park.
19.08.2013
The government should ensure employment opportunities
The government should ensure that every citizen has opportunities to find employment. This was the opinion voiced by Semen Shapiro, the Governor of the Grodno Region, as reported by a BELTA correspondent at today’s meeting of Ukrainian journalists with the Executive Committee.
16.08.2013
The International Congress of Slavists kicks off in Minsk
The 15th International Congress of Slavists will take place in Minsk between. 20 and 27 August 2013. Participants in the Congress will discuss the problems of the development of Slavonic languages, literature, culture and folklore. Alexander Lukashanets, the Chairman of the International and Belarusian Committee of Slavists, announced this at a press conference.
14.08.2013
The Gomselmash Industrial Group helps Ukraine with harvesting
Vasily Novikov, the First Deputy Director of the Department for Regional Sales at Gomselmash, has reported that the Gomselmash Industrial Group is using two "Polesye-1218" harvesters to carry out work in the Chernigov Region.
12.08.2013
Shubaderov: “New forms of patriotic upbringing needed for young people in the Union State”
New forms of patriotic upbringing, appropriate for young people in Belarus and Russia, need to be developed. This opinion was voiced by Andrey Shubaderov, the Head of the Vayar Military Information Agency of the Belarusian Armed Forces, at a press conference.
08.08.2013
Mikhail Myasnikovich criticises State authorities for low efficiency in the first half of the year
Mikhail Myasnikovich, the Prime Minister of Belarus, criticised the State authorities for the low efficiency of work, in the first half of 2013, on achieving the most important social and economic development goals of the country. He announced this at a meeting of the Council of Ministers, as reported by the Government press service to a BELTA correspondent.
08.08.2013
Belarus and Russia to unite against African swine fever
Belarus and Russia will unite in the fight against African swine fever. The relevant agreement was reached at the meeting in Moscow on 8 August between Mikhail Rusy and Arkady Dvorkovich, the Vice Premiers of Belarus and Russia. BELTA has learned this from the press service of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture.
08.08.2013
Minimum living wage budget increased by 5.4% in Belarus from 1 August
Belarus has approved the budget to cover a monthly minimum living wage, on an average per capita and main socio-demographic group basis, related to prices in June 2013. The relevant decision was laid down by Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 659 as of 26 July 2013, as reported by the press service of the Belarusian Government.
02.08.2013
Alexander Lukashenko: No loopholes in new hunting and fishing laws
Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus, has demanded that the new hunting and fishing laws should contain no loopholes. The President made this statement at a meeting on 30 July to discuss improvements to fishing and hunting laws,
31.07.2013