MINSK, 18 March (BelTA) – Measures of state support for small business are being improved in Belarus. The relevant Decree No.126 that introduces amendments and additions to Decree No.255 of 21 May 2009 “Concerning state support for small business” was signed by the President of Belarus on 17 March, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. The document grants small business enterprises with the right to receive state financial support in the form of partial repayment of...

MINSK, 27 February (BelTA) – On the competitive market in the Single Economic Space Belarus needs to create a soft climate for foreign investors, head of the main investment department of the Economy Ministry of Belarus Sergei Vaitekhovsky said at a roundtable held in the Council of the Republic on 26 February to discuss additional measures to regulate the investment activity in the Republic of Belarus, BelTA has learned. According to Sergei Vaitekhovsky, net FDI has been one of the main...

MINSK, 20 December (BelTA) – Cross-subsidies in the Belarusian economy are to be dealt with after 1 April 2014, Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Piotr Prokopovich said at a joint session of the Council of the Republic and the House of Representatives of the National Assembly on 20 December, BelTA has learnt. “It is critically important to eliminate cross-subsidies,” the Vice Premier said. The matter was to be addressed after 1 January 2014; however, the move was postponed. According...

MINSK, 13 December (BelTA) - On 11 December the Board of the National Bank of Belarus took a decision to keep the refinancing rate at the level of 23.5% per annum, BelTA learned from the information and public relations department of the National Bank. "Keeping the current interest rate will limit the increase in inflation, which in recent months has been running above the projected parameters. In November, consumer prices rose by 1.6% versus 1.9% and 1.7% in October and September 2013...

MINSK, 13 December (BelTA) - On 11 December the Board of the National Bank of Belarus took a decision to keep the refinancing rate at the level of 23.5% per annum, BelTA learned from the information and public relations department of the National Bank. "Keeping the current interest rate will limit the increase in inflation, which in recent months has been running above the projected parameters. In November, consumer prices rose by 1.6% versus 1.9% and 1.7% in October and September 2013...

MINSK, 28 November (BelTA) - Belarus’ Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, who is leading the Belarusian delegation at the 3rd Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, will present Belarus’ vision and approaches, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Belarus. The summit is taking place in the Lithuanian capital on 28-29 November. “Vladimir Makei will present Belarus’ vision of the Eastern Partnership Initiative and its development prospects at a plenary discussion...

MOSCOW, 15 November (BelTA) - The countries members of the Customs Union are set to provide equal social, health and pension guarantees to citizens from the states members of the Customs Union, the press service of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) told BelTA commenting on the results of the Moscow meeting of the Advisory Committee on Migration Policy at the EEC Board. "In addition, the Customs Union member states are going to abolish or simplify border controls at the internal...

MINSK, 25 October (BelTA) – The CIS Heads of State Council will sit at the Palace of Independence in Minsk on 25 October, BelTA has learnt. The CIS Heads of State Council meeting will be the key event within Belarus’ presidency in the CIS in 2013. Belarus’ presidency in the Commonwealth of Independent States follows the motto “Integration for the benefit of people: stronger neighborly ties, the development of economic cooperation, assistance for improving the accessibility of green...

MINSK, 18 October (BelTA) – Green technology for Belarus is an investment in the country's economic security, Chief Research Officer of the Institute of Environmental Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, academician Ivan Lishtvan said at the seminar “Renewable Energy: Experience, Problems and Development Prospects” held in Minsk on 17 October as part of the 18th Belarusian Energy and Ecology Forum, BelTA has learnt. According to Ivan Lishtvan, today the world is...

MINSK, 11 October (BelTA) - The World Bank will continue to assess the effectiveness of state finance management in Belarus until the 2013 year-end, BelTA learnt from the Belarusian State Control Committee (SCC). The Belarusian delegation, which included specialists from the main budgetary and financial control department and the main information analysis department of the SCC, headed by Deputy Chairperson of the SCC Raisa Savritskaya, met with a group of experts from the World Bank....