Republic
04.09.2007
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 – a modern and highly developed economy,” said the Belarusian leader.
The second group is composed of representatives of mass media, culture and arts, education. “by awarding the orders, medals and honorary titles the state recognizes their contribution to the intellectual development of the Belarusian society”, he underlined.
In particular, an Order of Frantsisk Skorina was conferred on editor-in-chief of the newspaper Sovetskaya Belorussiya Pavel Yakubovich.
The titles of Honoured Artists of the Republic of Belarus were bestowed on Inna Afanasieva and Irina Dorofeeva.
Among the awardees are also officials of all-level state bodies.