MINSK (BelTA) – The Belarusian Transport and Communications Ministry intends to implement several transboundary projects with Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania, BelTA learned from Belarusian Transport and Communications Minister Anatoly Sivak on the sidelines of the Belarusian Transport Week on 3 October. The official reminded about the recently implemented project to electrify parts of the railroad from the Belarusian city of Molodechno to the Belarusian-Lithuanian border. Now trains can...

MINSK, 27 September (BelTA) – China is ready to continue maintaining momentum in cooperation with Belarus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Cui Qiming said at a function held on 26 September to mark the 68th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China, BelTA has learned.  The head of the diplomatic mission believes that China and Belarus are really close friends and sincere partners, who are ready to help each other. According to...

MINSK, 21 September (BelTA) – The cellular communication technology LTE will be deployed in all the district capitals of Belarus by the end of the year, BelTA learned from Belarusian Communications and Informatization Minister Sergei Popkov on 21 September. At present LTE is available to 60% of the Belarus population. “By the end of the year we will extend the coverage to virtually all the district capitals,” noted the official. Sergei Popkov said that the development of the...

All conditions are in place to introduce the compulsory upper secondary education in Belarus, Education Minister Igor Karpenko said at the plenary session of the Nationwide Conference on Teaching on 24 August, BelTA has learned. The minister stressed that “the country has created all necessary conditions to switch to the compulsory upper secondary education.” “The country needs educated, highly-qualified specialists. The Education Code provides a necessary legislative corridor for...

MINSK, 18 July (BelTA) – The Belarusian organizations and self-employed businessmen shipped 209.4 million tonnes of cargo in H1 2017, up 2.3% from the same period of last year, BelTA learned from the National Statistics Committee of Belarus. Freight turnover climbed by 4.9% from H1 2016 to total 64.8 billion tonne-kilometers. The Belarusian carriers transported 984 million passengers, 94.9% as against the same period a year earlier. Passenger traffic amounted to 11.8 billion...

MINSK, 19 June (BelTA) – Belarus launched a roadshow for eurobonds in the United States and Europe on 19 June, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Finance Ministry. The country is holding a roadshow for eurobonds denominated in the US dollars in the United States and Europe starting 19 June. Depending on the market conditions, Belarus plans a dual tranche for five and ten years. Citi, Raiffeisen Bank International AG and the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus have been selected...

MINSK, 3 May (BelTA) – The 21 st edition of the international exhibition Mass Media in Belarus has opened in Minsk, BelTA has learned. Nearly 100 participants have confirmed their readiness to take part in the expo. The forum will feature Belarusian news agencies, editors' offices, and media publishing houses. Among the invitees are Chinese and Russian mass media. The forum will showcase the Union State publications and also materials circulated among the Belarusian diaspora in...

SAINT PETERSBURG, 4 April (BelTA) – Belarus and Russia agreed on joint steps in enhancing security, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 3 April, BelTA has learned. “You see what is taking place around us. All we want is to preserve stability in Russia and Belarus. Very few peaceful spots have left in this world. We have agreed on joint steps to preserve stability in our states,” Alexander Lukashenko said. “We...

MINSK, 9 March (BelTA) – The two-day working visit of the Belarusian delegation led by Industry Minister Vitaly Vovk to Karachi (the administrative center of Pakistan’s Sind Province) started on 9 March, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in Pakistan. On the first day of the visit the Belarusian delegation took part in the opening of the fourth meeting of the joint Belarus-Pakistan commission on trade and economic cooperation. The agenda included a wide range of issues related...

MINSK, 2 February (BelTA) – Belarus and Egypt will work out a roadmap for cooperation in the agricultural sector, Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats told the media on 1 February. “The delegation of Egypt has arrived to Belarus to get familiar with our vegetable production, poultry, beef and grain processing methods with a view to set up similar plants in their country. They liked greenhouses and saw the Belarusian commercial dairy farms, poultry and beef production...