The government of Belarus is set to consider whether there is any sense to set up a syringe needle manufacturing facility in Belarus, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky told reporters in Gomel. The head of government attended a ceremony to unveil 10ml and 20ml disposable syringe manufacture at Medplast company. In August 2007, Medplast launched the production of 2ml and 5ml syringes. With new capacities commissioned, the demand of medical institutions of Belarus which is estimated at...

A 10ml and 20ml syringe manufacturing facility was launched at Medplast Company in Gomel on February 21. Attending the opening ceremony was Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky. The capacity of two 10ml and 20ml syringe lines is 70 million items per year. The launch of the new facility is the next step in realization of the project, which aims to establish production of disposable syringes in the country. In August 2007, Medplast launched the production of 2ml and 5ml syringes. The...

In 2008 gas price will not increase for Belarus, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky told reporters on February 21. “In accordance with the agreement, in 2007 the price was at the level of $100 per 1,000 cubic meters. An increase this year made up 19% and we are confident the price will not increase by the end of the year,” the Prime Minister said. Yet, the price is calculated on the basis of a formula while the formula depends on the trends on international market. “Yesterday...

On February 21-22, Belarus’ parliamentary delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Sergei Zabolotets will take part in the winter session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Vienna, BelTA learnt in the Lower House of the Belarusian Parliament. Attending the session are supposed to be 240 parliamentarians from 49 OSCE member states. Sittings of the Permanent Committee of the OSCE PA and also the committees for political issues and security, economic issues,...

Belarus is a most vigorous advocate of the further simplification of the visa regimes between Belarus and the EU, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Belarus Andrei Popov told BelTA when commenting on mass media reports asserting that Belarus is allegedly “erecting visa walls with a dramatic increase in the Belarusian visa fees for EU and US citizens”. Advocating further simplification of visa requirements between Belarus and EU, “we understand that we act in the interests of people...

“Even the integration with Russia will not compel Belarus to make political concessions in exchange for economic benefits”, Alexander Lukashenko said in the interview to Russia Today TV channel and RIA Novosti news agency, BelTA learnt from the press service of the President. Alexander Lukashenko stressed that Belarus cannot agree to Russia’s tough stance on economic issues. At the same time he noted that Belarus will under no circumstances give up its independence. “We will never...

In 2008, Belarus is set to funnel $1,56 billion into modernisation of the energy system and energy saving, Energy Minister Alexander Ozerets said at a session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers. The session focused on the measures to be taken in 2008 to implement the national comprehensive programme aimed at upgrading key assets of the Belarusian grid, energy saving and increasing the use of local fuels until 2011. The session was chaired by Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky....

Belarus and Venezuela plan to set up a joint venture on oil well boring and overhaul. The agreement has been reached during an official visit of the Belarusian delegation headed by Viktor Sheiman, the State Secretary of the Security Council, a co-chairman of the Belarusian-Venezuelan joint top-level commission, to Caracas. During the bilateral talks on February 18 Viktor Sheiman and Hugo Chavez , the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, discussed a wide range of issues related...

Regular parliamentary elections in Belarus may be held on September 28 this year. This date has been agreed with the head of state beforehand, Lydia Yermoshina, the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission of Belarus, told BelTA. “President’s decree on the date of the elections will appear approximately in late June. The election campaign will stat no later than June 28,” Lydia Yermoshina noted. Setting up of the regional election commissions will become the first stage of the...

Rights and legal interests of citizens should be strictly observed in criminal investigations. Not a single citizen of Belarus should be wrongly prosecuted or convicted, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said at today’s ceremony of installing the new chairman of the Constitutional Court, Piotr Miklashevich, and Prosecutor General Grigory Vasilevich. Alexander Lukashenko considers it is necessary to strengthen public prosecution in courts. According to the President, a prosecutor...