MINSK, 22 December (BelTA) – Scientists from Belarus and Russia have drafted the Union State program “NPP waste”, First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Piotr Vityaz told reporters on 22 December, BelTA has learnt. The new program will set forth nuclear waste treatment and management technologies to be used in Belarus and Russia. Deputy Academician Secretary of the Physical and Technical Sciences Department of the National Academy of...

MINSK, 16 December (BelTA) – As early as in H1 2012, Belarusians will forget about all financial and economic problems, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview to the Russian News Service. “We are now dealing with the fiscal imbalance (it is not even a crisis, it is imbalance of the financial system which led to devaluation of the ruble). I am sure that we will forget about these problems next year, even in the first half of the year,” the head of state said....

MINSK, 9 December (BelTA) – Over 1,000 young people from all Belarusian regions are expected to take part in the 41st Congress of the Belarusian National Youth Union (BRSM) in Minsk on 9 December, BelTA has learnt. The Minsk Palace of Sports will make a platform of innovation ideas and projects of the Belarusian youth. The event will include the election of a new composition of the BRSM Central Committee and the Central Watchdog Committee. The second day of the congress will be attended...

MINSK, 6 December (BelTA) – The development of the Petrikov potash salt deposit should start in May 2012. Belarus President gave the relevant instructions to Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich on 6 December, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. Mikhail Myasnikovich updated the head of state on the results of the international tender regarding the potash salt deposit in Petrikov. The head of state asked to submit, as soon as possible, the draft decree so that all necessary...

MINSK, 2 December (BelTA) – The third international festival of instrumental music Lira-Fest will take place in Rechitsa on 2 December. Partaking in the event will be musicians from Belarus and Switzerland, BelTA learned from the organizers of the forum. The festival will include concerts of the Liritsa instrumental band, the Akana band and the Swiss jazz band Albin Brun Alpin Ensemble. The Lira-Fest project is sponsored by the Liritsa instrumental band which was founded in Rechitsa,...

MINSK, 1 December (BelTA) - Yota Bel began the construction of the LTE network in Mogilev, Brest and Gomel, Vice President of Yota Group Egor Ivanov told journalists today, BelTA has learnt. The company plans to implement a pilot launch of the LTE network in these cities. The company launched the network in Minsk and Grodno on 1 December. However, the network covers only the central parts of these cities. The company has spent millions of dollars to implement the project. The operator...

MINSK, 30 November (BelTA) – Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalyov have been sentenced to death for terrorism and aiding and abetting terrorism respectively, BelTA has learned. The two men have been found guilty of the terrorist attack in Minsk’s metro on 11 April 2011. The court verdict took into account the repeated and escalating nature of their crimes. The court recognized them as extremely dangerous for the society. The verdict is not subject to appeal. According to the verdict...

MINSK, 28 November (BelTA) – A memorandum on Russia’s assistance to Belarus with WTO accession will be signed in Moscow on 19 December, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Rumas said when speaking in the House of Representatives. “This will contribute to the successful negotiations on Belarus’ accession to the WTO,” Sergei Rumas said. He noted that in January 2012, our working group will intensify negotiations on accession to the WTO. “Here Russia’s accession to the WTO...

GOMEL, 24 November (BelTA) - It is possible that supreme economic courts of the CIS countries will administer justice via video-conferencing. Here we are talking about disputes between entities of two or more states, BelTA learnt from chairman of the Supreme Economic Court of Belarus Viktor Kamenkov. On 24 November he participated in a meeting with personnel of the Spartak confectionary. Belarus made a proposal to implement these practices during the recent meeting of the heads of the...

MINSK, 22 November (BelTA) - The Energy Efficiency Department of the State Committee for Standardization and the Permanent Mission of Belarus to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva discussed cooperation within the framework of international projects in energy efficiency and renewable energy under the auspices of the UNECE, and promoting initiatives and interests of Belarus in the UNECE Committee on Sustainable Energy, BelTA learnt from the department....