MINSK, 1 November (BelTA) – The investor for the exploitation of the Petrikovskoye potash salts deposit has to be determined within a month, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he heard out a report from Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich on 1 November. The press service of the Belarusian head of state told BelTA, there are six companies interested in buying out the deposit. Among them are a Chinese company, a Ukrainian one, a Kazakh one, a Canadian-Chinese one. It is...

MINSK, 28 October (BelTA) – The production of 35 new pharmaceutical substances will begin in Belarus by 2015, Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich told media on 28 October. The Belarusian head of government said that there are 5,300 registered pharmaceutical forms and drugs in Belarus. Of them 80% are foreign ones. There are only 59 Belarus-made pharmaceutical forms used to make medications, he specified. A program has been adopted to increase the number by 35 within the next...

MINSK, 26 October (BelTA) – The Culture Ministry and the Sport and Tourism Ministry of Belarus have agreed to jointly open tourist-cultural centers abroad, Sport and Tourism Minister of Belarus Oleg Kachan told reporters on 26 October, BelTA has learnt. Oleg Kachan informed that this decision was adopted at the joint session of the two ministries. The idea was upheld by Culture Minister Pavel Latushko. Initially the Culture Ministry wanted to open Belarusian culture centers abroad, while...

GOMEL, 25 October (BelTA) - Gomel is expected to host the Belarusian-German Economic Forum before the end of the year. An agreement was reached at a meeting between the Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee Vladimir Dvornik and Germany’s Ambassador to Belarus Christof Weil on 24 October. The Ambassador is in the region on a visit, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. During the meeting the sides noted the importance of the upcoming...

GOMEL, 24 October (BelTA) – On 26 October, the Association of Russian Diplomats will donate the documents from the archives of the legendary Soviet Union Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to the Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble, BelTA learnt from the administration of the Gomel museum. The Association of Russian Diplomats (Moscow) took the initiative to donate the documentary materials related to the biography and the famous native of the village of Starye Gromyki, Vetka District, to the...

GOMEL, 20 October (BelTA) - Serbia intends to develop cooperation with Belarus in agriculture and industry, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Serbia to Belarus Stojan Jevtic told reporters. “Serbia is considering a possibility of creating joint ventures in Belarus to process vegetables and juices with the prospect of their further delivery to the domestic market of Belarus and also to Russia, Kazakhstan and other states. Serbian businessmen will visit Belarus in the near...

GOMEL, 20 October (BelTA) - The Belarusian Parliament of the current convocation is not planning to make additions or amendments to the existing electoral legislation, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko told reporters in Gomel where he is now on a working trip. Firstly, the Parliament has recently introduced major additions and changes to the electoral code of Belarus. “Secondly, if less than a year is left...

GOMEL, 19 October (BelTA) – Doctors of the Gomel Regional Heart Center will receive training at the leading heart centers of Italy. The preliminary arrangement was reached on 19 October during the visit of a delegation of Italian doctors to Gomel, BelTA learnt from Head of the Belarusian center Anna Lopatina. A team of five Belarusian specialists will be trained at the hospitals of Italy’s Massa and Pisa that are famous for their excellent heart surgery facilities. “Training...

MINSK, 19 October (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko sees no reasons for the further food price increase. The President made this statement at a meeting on 18 October, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. “Many complain that prices are rising and call for curbing them. We should no way do it now. Naturally, we need to apply control to ensure discipline; however, it is not the point. The prices here have grown to the point when they can affect customer demand....

GOMEL, 12 October (BelTA) – The Republic of Korea is interested in expanding cooperation with Belarus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to Belarus Kang Weon Sik told reporters on 12 October following his meeting with the top officials of Gomel Oblast, BelTA has learnt. Belarus and Korea have great cooperation prospects, the ambassador believes. However, the two countries need to learn more about each other, because the Korean people know little about...