MINSK, 2 February (BelTA) – There are no reasons to believe that there is African swine fever (ASF) in Belarus at present, BelTA learned from Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats. The official assured that there are no reasons for concern. “Our products are safe. We have no reasons to say that there is African swine fever in Belarus,” said Leonid Zayats. Two foci of African swine fever were detected in Belarus in 2013. Both Russia and the World Organization...

Despite all financial difficulties Belarus will keep its budget socially-oriented, Vice Premier Natalia Kochanova told media, BelTA has learned. The policy of supporting socially vulnerable groups of people will remain among the priorities of the work of the Prime Minister, Natalia Kochanova said. “The main tasks have been clearly posed by head of state Alexander Lukashenko who stressed that the main thing is concern for people and justice,” she noted. The priorities of the social...

MOSCOW, 30 December (BelTA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an instruction approving the signing of the protocol on introducing amendments to the Belarus-Russia agreement on the equal rights of citizens of the two countries to the freedom of movement and the choice of place of stay and residence on the territory of the Union State as of 24 January 2006. The document was posted on Russia’s official Internet portal of legal information, BelTA has learned. The protocol allows...

MINSK, 24 December (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander has wished Merry Christmas to all Christians of Belarus who celebrate Christmas on 25 December, BelTA learned from the presidential press service. “I wish you Merry Christmas. The light of the Star of Bethlehem heralds the triumph of faith and universal Christian love for people. Christmas rouses the anticipation of something new, fills the life with hope and sense,” the President of Belarus noted. “Exciting Christmas...

MINSK, 12 December (BelTA) - The Foreign Ministry of Belarus has confirmed the information on the arrest of Belarusian football fans in Florence. The consular service of the embassy is keeping in touch with the detained and the police of Florence, BelTA learned from the press service of the Foreign Ministry. “The Italian police arrested a group of 61 football fans from Belarus ahead of FC Dinamo Minsk’s Europa League match against Fiorentina in Florence on 11 December. According to the...

MINSK, 3 December (BelTA) – Emergencies Minister of Belarus Vladimir Vashchenko is taking part in the Conference of the Parties to the Industrial Accidents Convention of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Emergencies Ministry of Belarus. “On 2-5 December Vladimir Vashchenko is taking part in a meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents in Geneva,” the...

MINSK, 21 November (BelTA) – The Belarusian education system will be optimized. All the irrelevant factors will be pruned while the education system will keep the money that has been saved. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made the statement at the seminar involving students, professors, and graduates of the Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank on 21 November, BelTA has learned. Alexander Lukashenko remarked that education problems will be looked into at...

MINSK, 13 November (BelTA) – The volume of unused funds of the budget of the Union State of Belarus and Russia increased by more than one third in 2013 to a total of RUB1.5 billion, the press service of the State Control Committee of Belarus told BelTA. A joint session of the boards of the supreme financial audit agencies of Belarus and Russia took place in Moscow on 12 November. It was chaired by Chairman of the State Control Committee of Belarus Leonid Anfimov and Chairwoman of the...

MINSK, 5 November (BelTA) – Belarus’ sixth national communication on climate change will be presented to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC) in February 2015, BelTA learned from Ivan Narkevich, coordinator for international projects of the unitary enterprise Belarusian Research Center Ecology, during the opening of the international seminar on the sixth national communication on the implementation of the UN Framework Convention on...

ABU DHABI, 28 October (BelTA) – Belarus suggests implementing several large-scale investment projects to the United Arab Emirates, BelTA learned from Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the UAE Roman Golovchenko. “Looking at the UAE, we see not only a market to sell our products but a partner, who is ready and can invest in the implementation of joint projects in Belarus,” said the diplomat. “The UAE invests a lot abroad but in this case we are not talking...