MINSK, 21 October (BelTA) – The competitiveness of Belarusian forwarding agencies on the market of international transportation services depends on the timely renewal of the vehicle fleet, BelTA learned from Sergei Dubina, Head of the Automobile and Urban Passenger Transport Office of the Belarusian Transport and Communications Ministry, during the press conference held on 21 October to mark the transport industry’s professional holiday. Sergei Dubina said that it is particularly...

BURABAY, 16 October (BelTA) – The CIS Heads of State Council meeting has started in Burabay, Kazakhstan, BelTA informs. Partaking in the summit are the CIS heads of state, including Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. The summit will be followed by an expanded-format meeting. The agenda of the CIS summit includes 17 issues. The heads of state plan to adopt joint statements to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Organization, the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident...

MINSK, 6 October (BelTA) – Early voting at the presidential election in Belarus starts on 6 October, BelTA informs. Everyone who is unable to come to the polls on 11 October will have an opportunity to cast their votes in support of one of four candidates on one of these days from 6-10 October. Polling stations will stay open from 10h00 to 19h00 with a break from 14h00 to 16h00. In order to receive a ballot paper a voter should present a passport or other identification papers such as...

MINSK, 24 September (BelTA) – The World Bank allocated a $50 million loan for Belarus to support the modernization of the country’s education system, Education Minister of Belarus Mikhail Zhuravkov said at the documents signing ceremony in the Education Ministry on 23 September, BelTA has learned. The new Education Modernization Project has been developed by the Belarusian Education Ministry in cooperation with World Bank specialists and includes three main components. The first part of...

VIENNA, 14 September (BelTA) – For the first time ever an exposition of the Belarusian nuclear power plant project has been opened in the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna during the 59 th session of the IAEA General Conference, BelTA has learned. According to Mikhail Mikhadyuk, Belarusian Deputy Energy Minister, head of the Belarusian delegation, the opportunity to arrange a national exposition is an important sign on the part of the IAEA...

MINSK, 7 September (BelTA) – The Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus has received the documents from five candidates for the post of the President of Belarus, BelTA informs. The documents to be registered as presidential candidates have been submitted by Tatiana Korotkevich, Sergei Gaidukevich, Nikolai Ulakhovich and incumbent President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. The documents were also submitted by Viktor Tereshchenko, who failed to collect the necessary 100,000 valid...

MINSK, 28 August (BelTA) – Efforts to find ways of mutually beneficial economic partnership between Belarus and the Baltic states represent the key to good neighborly relations. The opinion was voiced by Alexei Dzermant, a research officer of the Philosophy Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, during the roundtable session held on 27 August to discuss prospects of the Baltic region, BelTA has learned. The researcher said: “Searching for vacant niches in the real...

MINSK, 17 August (BelTA) – Belarus’ priorities within the next five years will include the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Belarus Economy Minister Vladimir Zinovsky said in an interview with the ONT TV show Kontury on 16 August, BelTA has learned. “We believes that SMEs rapid development is behind the progress within the next five years. Besides, loans should be distributed through competition,” the minister noted. According to Vladimir Zinovsky, the...

MINSK, 7 August (BelTA) – Belarus and Pakistan are in talks to set up joint ventures in mechanical engineering, petrochemistry and woodworking, Industry Minister of Belarus Vitally Vovk said at a meeting of the Belarusian-Pakistani intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation on 7 August, BelTA informs. It is expected that joint companies will be opened both in Belarus and Pakistan. “We are interested not only in the supply of goods but also in setting up new...

MINSK, 31 July (BelTA) – The OSCE has started recruiting for the Election Observation Mission to the Republic of Belarus, BelTA learned from the official website of the organization. “Following an official invitation to observe the presidential election in the Republic of Belarus, scheduled for 11 October 2015, based on the findings and conclusions of the Needs Assessment Mission deployed from 14-17 July 2015, and in accordance with its mandate, the OSCE/ODIHR is preparing to deploy an...