GOMEL, 18 October (BelTA) – The 7th international exhibition-fair Business in the Regions will be held at the Gomel Community Center on 26-29 October, BelTA learnt from the Gomel Office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI). Taking part in the forum will be over 50 private firms from Belarus and Russia. The exhibition is aimed to showcase and promote new products and services of small and medium-sized businesses, forge new partnerships and establish contacts with the...

MINSK, 15 October (BelTA) – The development of business plans of the projects envisaging Chinese investment to the tune of $15 billion should be prompted, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky to receive his report on 14 October. The meeting highlighted a range of large investment projects. Alexander Lukashenko instructed to speed up the process of drawing up business plans for several important projects which were coordinated and agreed...

MINSK, 14 October (BelTA) - Presidential candidates in Belarus will be entitled to two 30-minute TV presentations (to be broadcast from 7.00pm to 8.00pm) and to two 30-minute radio presentations (from 6.10am to 6.40am), Nadezhda Kiseleva, a representative of the Central Election Commission (CEC), said at a CEC session. The CEC has adopted a resolution on the use of the state media during the election campaign. The presidential candidates are entitled to speak free of charge in several...

MINSK, 11 October (BelTA) – During his working trip to China Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko paid a visit to the World EXPO 2010 in Shanghai on 10 October. The head of state attended the national pavilions of Belarus and China, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. In China Pavilion, the president took part in a solemn ceremony of symbolic opening of the Belarusian-Chinese Techopark in Changchun. An initiative to set up the technological cluster was put forward by the...

MINSK, 8 October (BelTA) – The Belarus President, summarizing the results of his recent visit to Turkey, emphasized the country has promising future into several areas of cooperation with that country, particularly, engineering, light and transport industries. The relevant statement was made by Alexander Lukashenko in his meeting with Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergei Martynov on 7 October, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. Turkey is an important foreign economic partner...

MOGILEV, 7 October (BelTA) - The investment portfolio of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Belarus' economy exceeds $250 million, IFC expert on legal issues Valery Fadeyev said at the Fifth International Investment Forum “Mogilev Oblast - New Horizons of Investing” in Mogilev. Until recently the IFC provided only consultative assistance to Belarus. Today it implements serious projects in the economy, Valery Fadeyev said. That alone speaks volumes about the investment...

MINSK, 7 October (BelTA) - A project to build a rolled sheet facility at the Belarusian Steel Works in Zhlobin will be presented at Belarus Investment Forum in Frankfurt am Main on 17 November, the chief of the main investment department at the Economy Ministry Sergei Trofimovich told reporters. Now Belarus is in talks with the world’s major companies including Italy’s Daniel. So far no final choice of the investor has been made yet. Therefore the Industry Ministry will present the...

GOMEL, 5 October (BelTA) – Cooperation of France and Belarus for carrying out projects of the international program CORE (Cooperation for rehabilitation of living conditions in Chernobyl-affected areas of Belarus) will continue, said Michel Raineri, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Belarus, on 5 October. The diplomat took part in the international seminar “Experience of Belarus-France cooperation in the long-term rehabilitation of living conditions after the...

MINSK, 5 October (BelTA) - Belarus and Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement to redeploy transport control to the external border of the Union State. The document was signed following the meeting of the coordination commission for the Union State unified transport system, which was held in Minsk, BelTA has learnt. Minister of Transport and Communications of Belarus Ivan Shcherbo noted that the agreement will give a new impetus for the development of transport systems of the Union...

MINSK, 4 October (BelTA) - President Alexander Lukashenko signed Decree No 517 “On the Provision of Social Benefits for Certain Categories of Underage Children,” BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. The purpose of this document is to improve the social security of underage children living in uncontaminated areas but studying at the education institutions located in contaminated areas. These children are now entitled to free meals during their school hours, free-of-charge spa...