KYIV, 28 December (BelTA) – Being industrially developed countries Belarus and Ukraine are determined to make more use of the potential of the existing and new joint ventures, First Vice-Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko said following his meeting with First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Andrei Kluyev in Kyiv on 27 December, BelTA has learnt. The complementary economies of the two countries (Ukraine’s heavy energy- and machine building, Belarus’ microelectronics, instrument-making,...

MINSK, 24 December (BelTA) - In a telephone call on 24 December Prime Ministers of Belarus and Russia Sergei Sidorsky and Vladimir Putin spoke about further development of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, spokesman for the Prime Minister of Belarus Alexander Timoshenko told BelTA. “The Prime Ministers discussed measures taken by governments of the two countries towards closer integration within the Single Economic Space. In particular, Sergei Sidorsky noted that...

MINSK, 23 December (BelTA) - Belarus and Russia need unify their education systems as soon as possible, Vladimir Zdanovich, member of the Belarus-Russia Union State commission for social policy, science, culture and humanitarian issues, chairman of the permanent commission for education, culture, science, sci-tech progress of the House of Representatives of the national Assembly of Belarus, said during the Moscow-Minsk video-link. “For all the years that we have been working towards a...

MINSK, 22 December (BelTA) – Belarus’ Central Election Committee plans to announce the final results of the presidential election on 24 December, Secretary of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Nikolai Lozovik told BelTA. So far the CEC has not received complaints that can invalidate results of the election. The official said that the law allocates ten days to sum up results of an election, thus giving the CEC time to do it till 29 December. Seeing no major complaints the...

GOMEL, 17 December (BelTA) – Belarus will continue cooperating with China to implement projects in radiation-polluted territories of Belarus, Belarusian Emergencies Minister Enver Bariev told reporters as a new surgery and intensive care unit of the Gomel Oblast Clinical Cardiological Dispensary was opened on 17 December. China has been providing the affected regions of Belarus with gratuitous assistance for over ten years already. The first projects that the Chinese party carried out were...

GOMEL, 17 December (BelTA) – Belarus will continue cooperating with China to implement projects in radiation-polluted territories of Belarus, Belarusian Emergencies Minister Enver Bariev told reporters as a new surgery and intensive care unit of the Gomel Oblast Clinical Cardiological Dispensary was opened on 17 December. China has been providing the affected regions of Belarus with gratuitous assistance for over ten years already. The first projects that the Chinese party carried out were...

GOMEL, 17 December (BelTA) – China is determined to expand and deepen the mutually beneficial cooperation with Belarus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Belarus Lu Guicheng told reporters at the opening of a new surgical and intensive care unit at the Gomel regional heart center on 17 December, BelTA has learnt. The new surgical and intensive care unit cost Br21 billion, of which $4.3 million was donated by the government of China, the remaining funds were provided...

MINSK, 17 December (BelTA) – A total of 11.7% of eligible electors (822,500 people) have cast their votes over the three days of early voting, Secretary of the Central Election Commission Nikolai Lozovik told belTA. So far, 10% of voters cast their ballots in Brest Oblast, 15.8% - in Vitebsk Oblast, 10.6% - in Gomel Oblast, 13.7% - in Grodno Oblast, 10.6% - in Minsk Oblast, 14.3% - in Mogilev Oblast and 9% in the city of Minsk. According to Nikolai Lozovik, early voting proceeds in a calm...

MIR, 16 December (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko advises his opponents to speak the truth instead of slinging dirt at others. Alexander Lukashenko made the relevant statement as he visited Mir Castle on 16 December. “Guilty mind is never at ease. They should try speaking about themselves and about how the incumbent president pulled some of them out of jail. People would be much more interested in hearing that. I am not going to explain myself but they should say...

MIR, 16 December (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko advises his opponents to speak the truth instead of slinging dirt at others. Alexander Lukashenko made the relevant statement as he visited Mir Castle on 16 December. “Guilty mind is never at ease. They should try speaking about themselves and about how the incumbent president pulled some of them out of jail. People would be much more interested in hearing that. I am not going to explain myself but they should say...