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Between January and July Belarus increased exports to Russia
Between January and July 2013 Belarus exported USD 9,605.7 million worth of goods to Russia - up by 5.7% from the same period of 2012. This has been reported to BELTA by the National Statistics Committee of Belarus.
04.09.2013
The first train carrying Russian troops arrives in Belarus to take part in the Zapad 2013 (West 2013) Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise
The final preparations for the ‘West 2013’ Belarusian-Russian strategic army exercise have been completed.
04.09.2013
Belarusian and Russian scientists to establish a centre for stem cell biotechnology
Belarusian and Russian scientists are currently working on a project to establish a centre for stem cells biotechnology. Vasily Zharko, the Minister of Health, announced this at a press conference.
04.09.2013
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
Belarusian railway increases cargo traffic along the Chongqing (China) - Duisburg (Germany) rail route
Belarusian Railways is continuing to implement a project for cargo transportation using container trains on the Chongqing (China) – Duisburg (Germany) railway. Cargo traffic along this route increased by 12.3%, up to 1,704 containers carried between January and July.
03.09.2013
Belarus supplies buses to Severomorsk
Eleven MAZ buses have been supplied to the Severomorsk road transport company, a branch of the OJSC Murmanskavtotrans.
03.09.2013
MAZ buses to be shipped to cities in the Moscow Region
The Minsk Automobile Plant has won a tender for the supply of 20 buses to the Mostransavto State Unitary Enterprise for Road Passenger Transport of the Moscow Region. 10 MAZ 206 buses and 10 MAZ 226 buses will soon be used in the cities of the Moscow Region.
03.09.2013
111 submissions for a joint Belaruian and Kazakhstani tendering invitation for sci-tech projects
A joint Belarusian and Kazakhstani sci-tech tendering invitation has attracted 111 submissions. Amongst these are 35 applications by the State Committee for Science and Technology and 76 from the Committee for Science of the Education and Science Ministry of Kazakhstan. This was announced by Igor Voitov, the Chairman of the State Committee for Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus, at a meeting of the Belarus and Kazakhstan Commission for Scientific and Technological Cooperation.
03.09.2013
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
Representatives of Belarusian business and academic communities to visit Mongolia
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Belarus reports that about 60 representatives of the Belarusian business and academic communities will visit Mongolia.
03.09.2013
Delegation from the Mogilev Region takes part in the Svenskaya Agricultural Fair
Recently a delegation from the business community of the Mogilev Region, led by Victor Nekrashevich, the Deputy Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee, took part in the Svenskaya Agricultural Fair, at the personal invitation of Nikolay Denin, the Governor of the Bryansk Region.
02.09.2013
Financial Monitoring Department of the State Control Committee of Belarus receives international diploma from the Egmont group
The Egmont Group has presented an international diploma to the Financial Monitoring Department of the State Control Committee of Belarus for its work in uncovering a money laundering scheme.
02.09.2013
Farmers from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine sign a memorandum of cooperation
A memorandum of cooperation between farmers from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine has been signed in St. Petersburg.
02.09.2013
The increasing importance of the Union State in former Soviet territories
Russia is not indifferent to world geopolitics and, in particular, to the national security situation in the former Soviet territories.
02.09.2013
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
Why are Belarus and Sri Lanka taking an interest in each other?
The classification into First, Second and Third World countries is no longer relevant. Countries which are now free from colonial rule are developing so dynamically that they are even ahead of the largest players in the world arena in many respects. Therefore, countries with an open export-oriented economy, such as Belarus, are interested in strengthening cooperation with young and promising countries.
02.09.2013
Present and future of the magazine “Union State”
’Union’ Radio magazine: An interview by Dmitry Nechaenko with Elena Ovcharenko the Chief Editor of the magazine “Union State” and Head of the press service of the Secretary of the Union State.
02.09.2013
Trade in agricultural products between Belarus and Kazakhstan has soared by more than 10 times over the past three years
The trade in agricultural products between Belarus and Kazakhstan has soared by more than 10 times over the past three years. This was announced today at the 10th session of the Belarusian and Kazakhstani Intergovernmental Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation, held in Grodno.
30.08.2013
Russian army officers arrive in Minsk to take part in the ‘West 2013’ exercise
Representatives of the Ministry of Defence of Belarus have told BELTA that a team of Russian army officers has arrived in Minsk in order to take part in the preparations for the ‘West 2013’ exercise.
30.08.2013
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