Belarus has created a reliable system for guarding the 1,250-km-long Union State external border with the European Union. The statement was made today when Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko approved a strategy for guarding the State Border of Belarus in 2007. Chairperson of the State Border Troops Committee Alexander Pavlovskiy said, “Unlike at the Belarusian-Russian border, here we have a fully demarked border with the necessary infrastructure and an extensive network of border...

Efforts aimed at creating a new type of cultural establishments will continue in Belarusian towns and agro-towns in 2007 as part of the state village revival and development programme, BelTA learnt from head of the culture and folk art establishments department of the Belarusian culture ministry Vasiliy Chernik. In his words, the new-type cultural establishments are envisaged as libraries coupled with entertainment centres, libraries plus museums, libraries on wheels and leisure centres....

Belarus prosecution will step up control over the fulfilment of directive No. 2 Measures for Further De-bureaucratisation of State Apparatus, Belarus prosecutor general Piotr Miklashevich told a press conference in Minsk on January 17. “The procuracy supervision over the fulfilment of the directive will be more effective. Measures will be stricter”, he said. In 2006 after examinations carried out by prosecution bodies 280 officials were warned about the inadmissibility of breaking...

Belarus is one of the most active and initiative members of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation. The country builds up initiatives in the collective security field, CSTO secretary general Nikolai Bordyuzha told today’s press conference in Moscow. He noted, the Belarusian-Russian economic problems had not affected the CSTO cooperation of the two states. Contrariwise, Nikolai Bordyuzha underlined, Belarus is stepping up the cooperation with Russia within the CSTO framework. “Now we...

Belarus and Russia have managed to agree a normal routine the two countries will follow working in absolute market conditions, guided by global prices. The Belarusian government had presented the information to the president earlier, said Alexander Lukashenko when answering reporters’ questions at a polling station today. “It will be much better for us than last year”, explained the Belarusian leader, commenting on the resolution of the problem of Russian oil supplies to Belarus. “I...

The Russian leadership is not yet ready to build a full-fledged Union State, Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko told the press today. According to the head of state, the Russian side does not want to have a unified management system and a single economy with Belarus. The president noted, Russia is neither ready to elect the single Union parliament and the president. “I have been given this answer by the leadership of the Russian Federation many times. What kind of union do you want?”...

2007 has been announced the Year of the Child in Belarus, president of this country Alexander Lukashenko has stated today in Zhlobin. According to the Belarusian leader, this year Belarus’ leadership has taken serious steps to protect children and to enhance responsibility of negligent parents. “Next year we will do everything possible to protect our children”, Alexander Lukashenko underlined. When summing up results of 2006 – the Year of the Mother – the president underlined...

The attitude of the Russian Federation leadership towards Belarus is unproductive, Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko told reporters today while answering questions about the Union State development. “Together with Russia we did a lot of useful things for citizens of the two states. A law has been adopted to regulate social issues. Belarusians are no longer aliens in Russia, while Russians have not been aliens in our country for a long time”, said the head of state. He underlined,...

Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko has arrived in the town of Zhlobin (Gomel oblast). BelTA learnt from the presidential press service, the president will visit the town’s sports and recreation centre, a photo exhibition and a swimming pool, will hear out reports on the sport status and development in Zhlobin and Gomel oblast. The head of state is expected to partake in the solemn opening of the ice arena Metallurg and a hockey match between the team of the president of the Republic of...

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will pay a working visit to Gomel oblast today, BelTA learnt in the presidential press service. The president is expected to visit a sports center in Zhlobin, take part in the official opening of the ice arena Metallurg. Alexander Lukashenko also plans to take part in a hockey match between the presidential team and ice hockey veterans of Gomel oblast.