MINSK, 14 March (BelTA) – Belarus reaffirms the readiness to develop all-round cooperation with Egypt, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he met with Mohamed Al-Assar, Minister of Military Production of Egypt, on 14 March, BelTA has learned. The head of state pointed out the importance of the resolution of the Egyptian side to implement top-level arrangements, and this visit testifies to that. The minister arrived in Minsk with a delegation including representatives of various...

MINSK, 9 March (BelTA) – The two-day working visit of the Belarusian delegation led by Industry Minister Vitaly Vovk to Karachi (the administrative center of Pakistan’s Sind Province) started on 9 March, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Embassy in Pakistan. On the first day of the visit the Belarusian delegation took part in the opening of the fourth meeting of the joint Belarus-Pakistan commission on trade and economic cooperation. The agenda included a wide range of issues related to...

MINSK, 2 March (BelTA) – Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Valentin Rybakov called for continuous joint effort towards general and complete nuclear disarmament as he attended the UN disarmament and nonproliferation events held in Geneva, Switzerland on 28 February and 1 March, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In his address to the high-level segment of the UN Conference on Disarmament (CD), Valentin Rybakov called for...

MINSK, 28 February (BelTA) - Belarus can abolish such measure as confiscation of goods as punishment of business, Valery Borodenya, a member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, said in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel, BelTA has learned. “In European countries there is no penalty as confiscation. I would keep in place such measure as vehicle confiscation for repeated DIU during a year. It works; it saves lives. As regards business, maybe we should consider...

MINSK, 22 February (BelTA) – Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Oleg Kravchenko met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Belarus Fionna Gibb on 21 February, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BelTA. During the meeting Oleg Kravchenko and Fionna Gibb discussed the advancement of Belarus-UK relations. BELARUSIAN NEWS

MINSK, 15 February (BelTA) – The refinancing rate of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) was reduced from 17% to 16% per annum on 15 February, BelTA learned from the NBRB Information and PR Office. Apart from that, the interest rate on standing and bilateral operations designed to keep up the current liquidity of Belarusian banks was reduced from 22% to 20% per annum. The NBRB representatives explained that the decisions had been taken by the board and the monetary policy...

MINSK, 8 February (BelTA) - Belarus Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Estonia Anatoly Stepus and Estonia Prime Minister Juri Ratas discussed the ways of developing the inter-parliamentary cooperation, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus. “The parties discussed a wide range of issues of bilateral cooperation in the political, trade, economic and other areas and considered the ways of advancing the Belarusian-Estonian...

MINSK, 31 January (BelTA) - A regular meeting of the operations center for the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant was held in Ostrovets with the participation of Belarus’ Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko and Rosatom Deputy Director General Alexander Lokshin, BelTA learned from the press service of the Energy Ministry. The meeting considered the status of construction of the nuclear power plant, the delivery and receipt of the equipment, the quality of the works, the...

MINSK, 24 January (BelTA) – The Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry and the German Food and Agriculture Ministry have signed a protocol on arranging internships for young Belarusian agribusiness specialists in Germany in 2017. The document was signed when Belarusian First Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Marinich visited Berlin. The official took part in the 9th Berlin Agriculture Ministers' Conference and the food, agriculture, and gardening industry fair International...

MINSK, 17 January (BelTA) – Belarus and Spain plan to develop cooperation in the area of research and technology. The matter was discussed by Belarus’ Ambassador to France with concurrent accreditation to Spain Pavel Latushko and Spain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ignacio Ybanez Rubio in Madrid, BelTA learned from the Belarusian embassy in France. The parties talked over the organization of the Belarusian pavilion at Transfiere expo which is due in Malaga on 15-16...