Belarus and Venezuela will establish a joint venture that would provide maintenance service for oil equipment. The relevant agreement was reached during the visit of the state oil company of Venezuela PDVSA to Belarus. In line with the memorandum on mutual understanding between PDVSA Servicios and Belarusneft the relevant documents have been signed, BelTA learnt from the press service of Belarusneft. During their visit to Belarus the Venezuelan delegation got familiar with the organization...

Belorusneft and Iranian company PEDCO have signed the memorandum on cooperation in Gomel. The document has been signed during a visit of a PEDCO delegation to Belarus, BelTA learnt from the press service of Belorusneft. Representatives of the Iranian company led by director of Jofeir project Mahmoud Djavadiyan visited the head office and some subdivisions of the Belarusian company. During the talks, the sides discussed the issues regarding the development of the Jofeir oil field including...

The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus has passed a resolution on establishing constituencies for electing members of the fourth convocation House of Representatives of the National Assembly. The parliamentary elections are scheduled for September 28, 2008. Secretary of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Nikolai Lozovik noted, as there are 110 members of the House of Representatives, 110 election constituencies will be established. The constituencies will be divided...

Science, high technology and education are the main venues of cooperation between Minsk and Changchun, Vice Mayor of Changchun Qian Longsheng said at a press conference in Minsk devoted to the sci-tech cooperation between the two cities. According to him, Belarus has a high scientific potential in machinery construction, agriculture, nature management. Changchun, in turn, is one of the leading regions of China in research potential. “We have a lot of common interests and further...

VTB Bank Belarus has designed a small business finance programme using the Russian VTB Bank 24 technologies, BelTA was told in the Bank. VTB Bank Belarus offers various loan products for corporate clients and individuals in national and foreign currency for the term of 10 years. The Bank has simplified the loan application procedure. No business plan for financing a deal is required. VTB Bank Belarus informed that the interest rate of new loan products for small business will be...

The traditional Slavonic Unity festival is scheduled to take place near the Friendship Monument at the border of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine on June 28. This year the festival will be organised by the Bryansk region (Russia), BelTA learned in the Permanent Committee of the Belarus-Russia Union State. The Slavonic Unity festival was founded 30 years ago. Every year the festival is attended by thousands of people from frontier regions of the three countries and by political and public...

Products of famous Belarusian companies will be showcased at the fair which will be held in the Moldovan town of Chadyr-Lunga on June 25-27, BelTA learnt from Igor Milidovich, the commercial counselor of the Belarusian Embassy in Moldova. In particular, the Gomel based confectionery Spartak and the Vitebsk confectionery Vitba will take part in the Moldovan fair. Visitors of the fair will be able to appreciate the lingerie produced by famous Belarusian Milavitsa, knitted goods, cosmetics and...

Belarus and Russia remain committed to the Union State Treaty, Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko said on June 22, summing up the results of the talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. “The President of Russia confirmed his commitment to the Union State Treaty: this document is working, neither the Belarusian nor the Russian sides are giving up on it. It is vitally important and attests to the continuity of the policy that has been pursued by the Russian Federation all...

The priority areas of Belarusian-Russian relations are gradual enlargement and deepening of all-round Russian-Belarusian integration, strengthening of the collective security, building up the interaction in humanitarian area and improving living standards of citizens of Belarus and Russia, reads the joint declaration which was signed by the Presidents of Belarus and Russia after the talks in Brest. Alexander Lukashenko and Dmitry Medvedev expressed the satisfaction with the gradual...

The comprehensive services sector development programme of the Republic of Belarus 2006-2010 will be high on the agenda of a session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers on June 17. The session will be chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Vladimir Semashko, BelTA was told in the Council of Ministers Office. The session will review the course of implementation of the programme in 2007 and in Q1 this year. The session will also discuss the goals for 2008 and mid-term...