Chairman of the Supreme State Council (SSC) of the Union State, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko congratulated the Belarusians and Russians on the Day of Unity of Peoples of Belarus and Russia, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. “12 years ago we made a commitment to a fundamental and comprehensive integration in the effort to be in a union and to make common cause”, the felicitation message says. “Time has proved that we made the right commitment: today...

Production Association Belorusneft expands its activities in Venezuela. In the near future two maintenance crews will be sent to Venezuela. They will provide maintenance services for the Belarusian-Venezuelan joint oil production venture, BelTA learnt from Belorusneft deputy director general for economy Leonid Voitekhin. According to him, this decision was taken by both the sides. The main goal of maintenance groups is to provide the development of oil wells and to increase reservoir...

During the forthcoming spring session deputies of the House of Representatives of the Belarusian National Assembly intend to consider more than 110 bills including the draft law on the National Assembly, the draft law on information, electronic communication development and information protection. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was informed about this by Chairman of the Lower House of the Belarusian Parliament Vadim Popov on March 31, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Head...

In Q1 2008 the official exchange rate pf the Belarusian ruble as against the USD strengthened by 0.2% or Br5, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus Piotr Prokopovich reported to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on March 31, BelTA was told in the presidential press service, According to Piotr Prokopovich, the national currency will continue growing stronger following the effective economic performance of the country. In January-March 2008, export revenues of the...

A meeting of prime ministers of Belarus and Ukraine Sergei Sidorsky and Julia Timoshenko will be held in Minsk in the near future, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Ukraine Valentin Velichko told BelTA during his meeting with heads of companies of the Gomel oblast. The sides have already identified the issues which will be discussed by the premiers of the two countries. Practically six agreements have been already done and initialed. They were supported as in...

The US sanctions against Belarus should be compensated for by the diversification of Belarusian exports, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said at a meeting focusing on foreign policy issues. Recently, more often than before, the Belarusian opposition has been warning of economic problems that Belarus is going to have, that the USA has put severe pressure on us; the Foreign Ministry has been reporting this, too” the head of state said. “If we had been working in other areas, we...

OSCE representatives have praised the work of the Belarusian parliamentarians on the draft law “On information, informatization and information protection”. The statement to this effect was made at a meeting between the officials of the OSCE Office in Minsk and Belarusian parliamentarians on March 26. Thus, according to Chief of the OSCE Office in Minsk Hans Jochen Schmidt, it is imperative to continue the discussion of the draft law and to pave the way for the exchange of opinions with...

On March 26 the Chinese-Belarusian cultural exchange centre opened in Beijing, BelTA learnt in the Chinese Embassy in the People’s Republic of China. During the opening ceremony Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to China Anatoly Tozik noted that the new public organization will help government bodies to strengthen and develop the cooperation between the two countries and peoples. The head of the diplomatic mission expressed hope that the centre will render the...

Belarusbank and Korea’s Goodmorning Shinhan Securities signed a memorandum of cooperation in Minsk on March 25. The chairperson of the board of directors of Belarusbank, Nadezhda Yermakova, told journalists that the main goal of the cooperation between these financial institutions is to provide all the necessary conditions for successful trade relations between Belarus and Korea’s Goodmorning Shinhan Securities, which will represent all Belarusian projects in Korea, and Belarusbank –...

Stability in Belarus and Belarusian society largely depends on the effectiveness and efficiency of justice, President Alexander Lukashenko said today’s meeting of judges of the Republic of Belarus. Without effective justice it’s impossible to ensure that human rights and interests of the state are duly protected, according to the Head of State. “The state is doing its utmost today to ensure the normal functioning of courts, and has a right to expect appropriate results,” said...