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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
Vnesheconombank Group is ready to invest in integration of Russian and Belarusian companies
The Vnesheconombank Group is ready to invest in the expansion of integration between Russian and Belarusian companies. So said Alexander Ivanov, Deputy Chairman of Vnesheconombank, when he met with Petr Prokopovich, Vice Premier of Belarus, at the Belarusian Government today, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.
30.07.2013
V. Makey confirms fundamental of the approaches of Belarus to the development of relations with EU in Brussels
V. Makey, Head of the Foreign Service of Belarus, confirmed the fundamental approaches of Belarus to the development of relations with the European Union. He made reference to these during his report at the ministerial meeting of the “Eastern partnership” initiative in Brussels.
24.07.2013
Issues of humanitarian cooperation between CIS countries to be discussed in Minsk
Issues related to humanitarian cooperation between the CIS countries were discussed in Minsk today. As Sergei Lebedev, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the CIS, emphasised in his interview with reporters, cooperation in the humanitarian sphere was an important component of the Concept of Cooperation amongst the CIS Countries which was adopted in October 2007. He said that members of the Commonwealth of Independent States had delivered breakthroughs in this area over the last 5 years.
24.07.2013
Committee on Economic Affairs under the CIS Economic Council considers a range of issues
The 7th meeting of the Committee on Economic Affairs under the CIS Economic Council was held at the CIS Executive Committee Department in Moscow on Monday. A representative of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Russian Federation took part in the activities of the Committee.
23.07.2013
Consultations between Belarusian and Japanese ministries of foreign affairs in Minsk
Consultations between the ministries of foreign affairs of Belarus and Japan took place in Minsk on 19 July, as reported by the Information Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus.
22.07.2013
Belarusian priest will be the Patriarch of Moscow’s representative for the Patriarch of Alexandria
As reported by the BELTA information agency, a priest from Belarus will be the representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia attached to the Patriarch of Alexandria. The agency has been informed of this by the Belarusian Exarchate.
18.07.2013
Duma creates resonant laws
The regular session of State Duma of the Russian Federation has ended and the Deputies are on vacation. However analysts and political scientists are continuing to analyse the outcomes of the Duma activities for the year. Their assessments are contradictory. The spring session of the State Duma will be remembered for its several concurrent initiatives which have been particularly criticised. Notably, according to Fontanka.ru, these were principally a range of prohibitions e.g. those against adoption, smoking or the ownership of foreign accounts.
12.07.2013