Within the next two or three years Astana will build an exhibition complex Belarus. The complex will occupy about 87 thousand square meters. Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky visited the construction site on September 12. Besides, Astana allocated a land plot for the construction of a trade and logistics center of Belarus. One of the advantages of the center-to-be is that it is located near railways. Sergei Sidorsky noted that the construction of such centers will help develop the...

Belarus and Kazakhstan have possibilities to reach a $500 million turnover by the end of the year, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky stated at the opening ceremony of the BelarusEXPO-2007 exhibition in Astana, Kazakhstan. Over 180 Belarusian companies take part in the exhibition. The exposition occupies 980 square meters indoors and 440 square meters outdoors. According to Sergei Sidorsky this “bears testimony to the fact that Belarus has a serious approach to the development of...

The utilisation of local fuels in Belarus is dissatisfactory, said Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky at today’s session of the Council of Ministers Presidium. With the utilisation of local fuels expected to increase by 450,000 tonnes of oil equivalent in 2007, the utilisation of local fuels shrank by 37,000 tonnes of oil equivalent in the first half of the year, the Premier stressed. With more locally available fuels utilised, Belarus will be able to reduce energy imports. The Premier asked...

In the eight months 2007 Belarus’ GDP grew by 8.5% as against same time last year. According to the estimates, in 2007 GDP should be 8%-9% up and in the nine months it was expected to be 8.3% up, BelTA learnt in the Ministry of Statistics and Analysis. In January-August this year the industrial output grew by 7.7%, the consumer goods production went up by 6.9%. The decrease in foodstuffs production slowed down, the output of nonfoods jumped by 12.2%. According to the Ministry of...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has expressed a positive opinion about the new Hotel d’Europe built in Minsk. Sharing his impressions after seeing the hotel, the head of state said, it is a quality building. “The centre of Minsk is turning out to be beautiful,” remarked the President of Belarus. While visiting the hotel, Alexander Lukashenko demanded the reconstruction of the oldest part of the Belarusian capital and the city’s infrastructure as a whole should be done on...

Some 20 issues have been put on the addenda of the forthcoming CIS summit including the CIS development concept and the plan of actions aimed at introducing the concept, First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee – CIS Secretary Executive Vladimir Garkun has informed the President of Belarus today, BelTA learnt from the Belarusian leader’s press service. The summit is expected to be held in Dushanbe on October 5. The draft concept envisages further evolutional development of...

After a nuclear power plant goes online in Belarus, atomic electric energy can be exported to compensate for the price for imported natural gas, Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Timoshpolsky said at a press conference today. In his words, Belarus is considering the possibility of exporting atomic electric power to other countries, including Russia, in order to compensate for the growing prices for the natural gas Belarus imports....

Today Belarusian Natalia Sokolova won a gold medal in the 5km mass start competition with four shooting bouts at the world summer biathlon championships in Estonia, BelTA has been told in the Ministry of Sport and Tourism. She ran a good race today with just four shooting errors. Yesterday she won the champion’s title in the 3km sprint. Another Belarusian Anna Tsvetova finished the mass start race in the top ten. The best performing Belarusian in the men's event was Alexander Ustinov...

Belarus’ flax industry is the only unprofitable agricultural branch left, Belarus’ Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said at a session held in the Dubrovno region on September 5 to discuss the development of the Belarusian flax industry. Meanwhile, in his words, the government fulfilled its obligations concerning the financing of flax cultivation and harvesting programmes and equipment of agricultural companies. With the essential support provided, flax industry companies might have done...

Despite all difficulties Belarus is steadily moving forward meeting all the goals of socio-economic development, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said today when conferring state awards on representatives of various sectors of economy and spheres of activity. According to the Head of State, the biggest group of awardees is composed of workers, specialists and managers of industrial companies. “These are еру people who lay the strongest foundation of the Belarusian society –...