Belarus is one of the 35 countries where state education expenses make 6% and more of the gross national product according to a new report released by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The UNESCO report is dedicated to the implementation of the programme “Education for All”. Only in one third of the 35 states, including Belarus, the population exceeds five million people. Nine countries of the group are industrially developed nations. In Central and...

Agricultural companies of Belarus are to complete the sowing of main spring crops except for the heat-loving plants by May 3-5, chief of the plant cultivation department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs, Viktor Kornev, told BelTA. As of April 30, grain crops were sown on 981.3 thousand hectares, or 94.42% of the target. The agricultural companies of the Grodno, Minsk and Mogilev oblasts are completing the sowing campaign. The Vitebsk oblast has to sow the remaining 22% of areas...

At the organizational session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York Belarus was unanimously elected for a 4-year term to two ECOSOC functional commissions: the Commission on Population and Development and the Commission on the Status of Women, BelTA learnt from Belarus permanent representative office in the UN. The Commission on Population and Development is composed of 47 states. The Commission constitutes an intergovernmental mechanism that plays the primary role in...

The cooperation between Belarus and Russia in the military area is developing successfully, Belarusian Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev said at the meeting with his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdiukov. “I am happy to say that we have moved from theoretical issues to practical solutions that include equipment of the regional group of forces, creation of the joint air defense, training of military personnel and military and technical cooperation”, he said. According to Leonid Maltsev,...

Alexander Lukashenko believes it is important to develop Belarus’ relations with the European Union and the USA. “I would like to stress that we are in the centre of Europe and are not going to go away or change the world. The European Union is trade partner number two for us. Apart from economy we are connected by common challenges and threats, the need to work together to resolve them. Our mutual importance can only grow,” President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in his Address...

Belarus is not going to betray principles of the people-oriented policy, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in his Address to the Belarusian nation and the National Assembly on April 29. “The people-oriented policy has been and will be our priority,” stressed the head of state. Every citizen can expect state support if he cannot cope with life difficulties on his own. “In the country for people, as we named Belarus, aid should be given to any citizen in a difficult life...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has instructed to ensure an increase in housing construction in Belarus up to 15 million square metres per annum by 2015. The head of state gave the instruction as he heard out a report from Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) Piotr Prokopovich on April 28. The presidential press service quoted Piotr Prokopovich as saying, the target is supposed to be reached through maximum increase in individual housing...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko sent a greeting message to the participants and guests of the 12th international specialized exhibition “Media in Belarus” and 3rd Belarusian information forum, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. In particular, Alexander Lukashenko underlined: “Information space cannot be battlefield for political speculations. In today’s turbulent world it is very important to deliver reliable and accurate information and to realize the full...

More than 800 exhibits from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and China will be showcased at the 12th international specialized exhibition “Media in Belarus” which will be held in the exhibition centre BelExpo from April 28 to May 1. The exposition of the Russian Federation will be extremely representative. It includes the media of Volgograd, Ulianovsk, Riasan, Cheliabinsk, Archangelsk, Moscow oblasts, Stavropol Krai, the city of Moscow. Widely represented will be...

Belarus has chosen the preferential reactor type for the future nuclear power plant, Alexander Mikhalevich, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, told a press conference in Minsk on April 25. He remarked, defining the reactor type for the future atomic station had been an important task and relevant scientific efforts had been completed. “We have a third-generation evolutionary type reactor in mind — a water-cooled power reactor,” said Alexander Mikhalevich. He...