MINSK, 21 April (BelTA) - President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is expected to deliver the annual state of the nation address to the Belarusian people and the National Assembly, the presidential press service told BelTA. The speech will be broadcast live by Channel One of the National State TV and Radio Company, ONT and STV channels, Channel One of the Belarusian Radio. The broadcast will begin at 12pm. A verbatim record of the President’s Address will be later published by the...

MINSK, 19 April (BelTA) - The Government and the National Bank have identified the ways out of the difficult monetary situation, the first deputy chairman of the Board of the National Bank, Nikolai Luzgin, told a press conference at the House of Government. Nikolai Luzgin noted that “the situation on the currency market is difficult due to the objective and subjective reasons.” In order to conduct a coherent monetary policy and ensure the stable functioning of the national economy, the...

MINSK, 18 April (BelTA) – According to the preliminary data, over 3.4 million people took part in a nation-wide day of voluntary work (subbotnik) in Belarus on 16 April, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian government. This figure in Minsk reached 578,500. Gomel Oblast led among the regions with 550,400 participants. It was followed by Vitebsk Oblast (525,400 people), Brest Oblast (487,200), Minsk Oblast (446,800), Mogilev and Grodno Oblasts (415,000 each). БЕЛТА

MINSK, 15 April (BelTA) – The economy does not need any sudden moves, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko told the government session held on 15 April to discuss current matters of Belarus’ social and economic development. “There should be no sudden moves. Finance and money don’t like hassle and sudden moves. And people may have got what they wanted. So let’s accurately shape the policy that we should follow now,” said Alexander Lukashenko. According to the head of state,...

MINSK, 14 April (BelTA) – Rafael Eitan, a major Israeli businessman, a co-owner of the Israeli company Reesimex and the Cuban company Grupo Bm, is ready to take part in agribusiness projects in Belarus. Rafael Eitan made the relevant statement for mass media before he met with Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich on 13 April. The businessman said that Belarus has a suitable climate for dairy farming. The country also has all the opportunities for providing cows with proprietary...

MINSK, 14 April (BelTA) – Applications for the 7th national mass media contest Golden Letter are received till 15 April, BelTA learnt from the Information Ministry of Belarus. Several rules of conducting the contest have been altered this year, the ministry added. The creative competition will be held in 25 nominations. Nationwide printed mass media, news agencies and journalists will be able to compete in the following nominations: Best Materials on Social and Political Matters, Best...

MINSK, 13 April (BelTA) – The Minsk metro bombing case has been disclosed very promptly, former advisor to Israel prime-minister on counter-terrorism Rafael Hantman Eitan told reporters in Minsk. “As far as I have learnt from media reports, the Belarusian police have arrested the suspected culprits. It is a very prompt disclosure, if compare it with the global standards. You should also bear in mind the fact that Belarus does not feel a permanent terrorist threat. I see no possible...

GOMEL, 12 April (BelTA) – Belarus and Russia will develop a new cooperation program on Chernobyl by the end of the year, Deputy State Secretary of the Union State Ivan Bambiza told reporters in Gomel on 12 April. He took part in the international scientific and practical conference ““Chernobyl, 25 Years On. Mitigation of its Impact in the Union State”, BelTA has learned. “There is a clear instruction from heads of government of Belarus and Russia to develop this program. The new...

GOMEL, 12 April (BelTA) – An international conference, Chernobyl 25 Years On. Mitigation of the Impact in the Union State, opened today in Gomel with an observance of a moment of silence, BelTA has learnt. The conference attendees paid tribute to the memory of the killed in a metro blast in Minsk on 11 April. Deputy Emergencies Minister of Belarus Alexander Goncharov greeted the participants of the conference and noted that the Chernobyl tragedy in 1986 became Belarus’ history. “The...

GOMEL, 11 April (BelTA) – Cooperation between France and Belarus is primarily based on personal contacts, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Belarus Michel Raineri told a press conference in Gomel on 11 April. The Ambassador took part in the opening of an exhibition by French artist Francoise Limouzy. The Ambassador remarked that the opening of the exhibition in Gomel had resulted from fruitful cooperation between France and Belarus. The agreement to implement this...