MINSK (27 October) - Introduction of some of the technical regulations in Belarus has been postponed to a later date, according to resolution No.1552 of the Council of Ministers of 22 October 2010, BelTA learnt from the Council of Ministers Office. This decision applies to eight technical regulations. These are technical regulations for low-voltage equipment (TP 2007/001/BY), electromagnetic compatibility of technical means (TR 2007/002/BY), toys (TP 2010/007/BY), consumer packaging (TP...

MINSK, 27 October (BelTA) – The CIS observation mission which monitors the presidential election campaign in Belarus will open its offices in Gomel, Grodno and Mogilev Oblasts on October 27, BelTA learnt from the CIS Executive Committee press service. The mission includes 38 members. All in all, the mission plans to accredit almost 45 long-term observers from the CIS countries, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, members of the CIS diplomatic missions....

GOMEL, 26 October (BelTA) - A new international technical assistance project “Development of International Chernobyl Research and Information Network” (ICRIN) was presented in the town of Vetka, Gomel Oblast, on October 26. Partners are expected to allocate roughly $330,000 to finance the project, BelTA learned from Ivan Zatsepin, project coordinator, representative of the UNDP Office in Belarus. This is the first time that the project covers all post-Chernobyl regions in Belarus, Russia...

MINSK, 26 October (BelTA) – The state will spare no expense on education and healthcare, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said in a session on the state and prospects of the development of cancer care facilities in Belarus on 26 October. “You know my position: it is education and healthcare that matter most. The state needs a healthy educated person. Therefore we are going to invest in it,” Alexander Lukashenko said. The Belarusian leader noted that the state would continue...

MINSK, 25 October (BelTA) – Labor and social pensions in Belarus will be increased on 1 November 2010. Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko has signed the relevant decree, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. According to the decree, labor pensions will rise 10% on average. The document also spells out monthly additional payment (Br40,000) to the social pensions of disabled children under 18, people with disabilities and children who lost their breadwinner....

MINSK, 22 October (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko will meet with participants of the all-Belarus campaign Question to the President on 22 October, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. The all-Belarus campaign Question to the President was organized by the BRSM Youth Union and the Belarusian National Pioneer Organization. The campaign became one of the most remarkable events of the youth movement this year. It was held at Belarusian educational institutions...

MINSK, 21 October (BelTA) - Russia needs time to re-think relations with neighbors, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko told the Lithuanian newspaper Litovsky Kurier in an interview that was published on 21 October. At present Russia aims to establish partnership relations. “Okay, let’s be partners. Earlier they used to say that we are brothers, that we are one people. Nobody argues against it. The Belarusians and the Russians are one people, are brothers. But both the Russians and...

GOMEL, 20 October (BelTA) – Major companies that operate on the Belarusian market are eager to support the Belarusian customs service in its fight against illegal distribution of infringing merchandise. The information was released by Andrei Mikhalkevich, Head of the Contraband and Administrative Customs Violations Office of the State Customs Committee of Belarus, at the border crossing station Novaya Guta on 20 October. As an example Andrei Mikhalkevich pointed out cooperation of...

MINSK, 19 October (BelTA) – The criminal case of an international criminal organization that has been transferring Gomel Oblast residents to Turkey for sexual exploitation since 2006 has been submitted to the Sovetsky District Court of Gomel, representatives of the Information and Public Relations Department of the Belarusian Interior Ministry told BelTA. The Central Office for Organized Crime and Corruption of the Interior Ministry has been investigating the criminal organization since...

GOMEL, 19 October (BelTA) - Belarusian-Venezuelan joint venture Petrolera BeloVenesolana is set to start oil extraction at the two new oilfields located near the Maracaibo lake in the west of Venezuela, BelTA learnt from the Belorusneft press service. As of today, Petrolera BeloVenesolana operates seven oil assets, which allows extracting more than one million tonnes of oil a year. A reminder, the memorandum on acquisition of new deposits was signed during the recent visit of the Venezuelan...