Control over the expenditure of state budget funds by Belarusian ministries, agencies and law enforcement bodies should be stepped up. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko gave the instruction on May 14, as Chairman of the State Control Committee Zenon Lomat delivered a report about the Committee’s performance over the first four months of the year, the press service of the Belarusian leader told BelTA. Thanks to measures the State Control Committee has applied against offending economic...

Belarus’ government issued resolution #550 to approve a monthly subsistence wage per capita for every socio-demographic group in the prices of March 2007. The social standard will be valid from May 1 till July 31, 2007. The average subsistence wage per capita makes up Br179,100 (Br170,500 from February 1 till April 30, 2007). A subsistence wage for the people in prime working years stands at Br197,690, for pensioners – Br158,640, for students – Br189,020, for the children aged...

On May 3, the President of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, met with the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Artur Rasizade. The talks focused on practical issues of the bilateral cooperation. Alexander Lukashenko was pleased with the level of cooperation between Belarus and Azerbaijan and praised the way bilateral agreements were being fulfilled. Cooperation with Azerbaijan, he said, might become for Belarus a good example to follow in its interaction with other countries, the...

Today, in Baku (Azerbaijan), the Presidents of Belarus and Azerbaijan have signed an agreement on friendship and cooperation. Under the agreement, the sides reaffirm their commitment to ensuring favourable conditions for the development of mutually-beneficial Belarusian-Azerbaijani economic cooperation and pledge to take measures to perfect the mechanism of economic and trade relations. Belarus and Azerbaijan say they are ready to continue the work on creating an enabling economic,...

Today, in Baku (Azerbaijan), the Presidents of Belarus and Azerbaijan have signed an agreement on friendship and cooperation. Under the agreement, the sides reaffirm their commitment to ensuring favourable conditions for the development of mutually-beneficial Belarusian-Azerbaijani economic cooperation and pledge to take measures to perfect the mechanism of economic and trade relations. Belarus and Azerbaijan say they are ready to continue the work on creating an enabling economic,...

Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ) is the first among domestic companies to win the International Prize of the Sign of Honour “Star of the Commonwealth” in the nomination CIS Best Company, BelTA has been told in the information and ideology department of the company. The honorary diploma and memorable prize were presented to BMZ General Director Nikolai Andrianov during an award ceremony which was held in Moscow within the frames of the international summit “CIS Best Companies”. Attending...

Belarus should not lose foreign markets needed for selling its own agricultural products, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made it clear while visiting the Petrikov region today. “Nowadays it is important to sell products, not just to raise the output. It is important not to lose sales markets, to preserve the Russian and other markets”, the head of state underlined. Alexander Lukashenko praised the Gomel oblast practices used to remodel agricultural companies. “An almost 30%...

While visiting private agricultural company Polesie-Invest in the Petrikov region today, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko demanded that farming standards should be observed both in the Gomel oblast and other parts of the country. The head of state also underscored the importance of a diligent approach to land utilisation, including utilisation of meliorated lands. “A land plot is developed and left unploughed. Why did you invest in it at all?” wondered Alexander Lukashenko. The...

Belarus will improve the concentration of funds to address urgent Chernobyl challenges, the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, said today while answering questions of reporters in the town of Bykhov (eastern Belarus). “What we need is to concentrate funds rather than squander them,” the Head of State said. “The state does not invest funds where there is no need to,” he added. Today, money is channeled into solving specific issues, first of all in purging water from iron,...

Belarus will manufacture the whole range of agricultural equipment, the Prime Minister of Belarus, Sergei Sidorskiy said at an international conference “Republic of Belarus: Innovation Policy, Competitiveness, Security,” held within the framework of the international specialised exhibition Tibo-2007. According to the premier, Production Association Gomselmash (the Gomel-based manufacturer of agricultural machinery) will start the manufacture of harvesters. “That company, within a short...