Belarus, which now presides in EurAsEC, is preparing several initiatives to be implemented in the Eurasian Economic Community, said Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky as he met with EurAsEC Secretary General Tair Mansurov on November 28. The Belarusian head of government said, the initiatives had been sent to the heads of EurAsEC member-states. Tair Mansurov confirmed four concrete proposals had been received already. Tair Mansurov said, the Customs Union formation is the key topic...

Belarusian and Russian industrial companies can minimise global crisis consequences through joint efforts, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Khristenko told a session of the joint board of the Belarusian Trade Ministry and the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry in Minsk on November 27. “When the crisis is over, we will be strong and will be able to take a decent niche in export markets,” believes the Russian minister. Belarus and Russia have reached a high level of...

Belarus intends to hold investment presentations annually, Oleg Zinovjev, the director of the Belarus National Investment Agency, told a press conference on November 26. “Belarus intends to hold investment presentations annually as during the Belarus Investment Forum held in London some companies opened this country for the first time,” Oleg Zinovjev said. Belarus is expected to hold the investment forum in the United Arab Emirates next year. The director of the Belarus National...

The Netherlands intends to participate in a number of investment projects in the Belarusian agricultural industry, said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands to Poland and Belarus on concurrent Marnix Krop at the first Netherlands-Belarus scientific and practical forum on November 27. The event is hosted by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB). According to the diplomat, Dutch businessmen and entrepreneurs working in agriculture praise Belarus’...

The interest of the German business in Belarus is not falling in spite of the global financial crisis, BelTA learnt from Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Valery Voronetsky. “The interest in Belarus is not falling. Quite the opposite, the German business is showing a great interest in our country. Our cooperation potential is so huge that it has not been employed to the full extent. We are expecting an increase in the interest of the German business circles in Belarus. Our country offers...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko underlined that the Belarusian ruble will not collapse despite the global financial crisis, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said at the meeting with the Vitebsk oblast officials on November 25. “As for the Belarusian ruble, the situation is totally in control. Today it is essential to provide support for the Belarusian ruble. There will be no collapse, everything is going on as predicted, including the annual depreciation,” the...

A draft state complex programme for modernising the national economy has been developed in Belarus, BelTA learnt from Viktor Pinigin, Deputy Director of the Economy Research Institute of the Economy Ministry. “International experience demonstrates that the history of any country contains phases when cardinal solutions for modernisation on the basis of a complex programme approach are required. Management bodies of all levels should be involved in the process,” he remarked. The draft...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has congratulated the personnel of Belarusian State Transport University on its 55th anniversary, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. Alexander Lukashenko said that the university is the largest educational and scientific centre of the Belarusian transport and construction industry. The graduates of the university work in the country’s most important economic areas, the largest research organizations, governmental bodies, implement...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has commissioned Head of Presidential Administration Vladimir Makei with the task to prepare a report on the actual progress achieved in the implementation of Decree No 18 from November 24, 2006 on additional measures of state protection of children from troubled families. The deadline for the report has been set for December 1. This task was given by the President of Belarus at the meeting dedicated to the implementation of the decree on November...

Belarus Investment Forum opened in the Church House Conference Centre of London on November 18. The work of the forum is led by Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky. More than 70 investment projects are presented at the forum. They include the construction of a plant to produce buses at the Minsk Automobile Plant, the setting up of a facility to manufacture flat products at the Belarusian Steel Works, the construction of cascades of hydroelectric stations on the Zapadnaya Dvina and...