Архив: Материалы за месяц
09.03.2013
31 января 2013
- 10:53 US officials hold talks in Minsk // English // Статьи
A delegation of the US Department of State stayed in Minsk between January 27 and 29, holding meetings with government officials and opposition politicians...
- 10:48 Belsat TV presents satellite dish to Belarusian Television boss // English // Видео
Representatives of Belsat TV visited the office of the Belarusian State Television and Radio Company on Wednesday to present a satellite TV dish and...
- 10:40 Minsk City Prosecutor's Office sanctions arrest of man for causing traffic accident with serious consequences while under influence of drug // English // Новости
The Minsk Prosecutor's Office has issued a warrant for the arrest of a 31-year-old Minsk man who caused a traffic accident with serious consequences...
- 10:38 Minsk’s general development plan expected to be revised this year // English // Новости
Minsk’s general development plan will be revised this year, Deputy Construction Minister Dzmitry Semyankovich told reporters in the capital...
29 января 2013
- 13:21 Development Bank of Belarus set to increase its assets // English // Новости
The Development Bank of Belarus (DBB) plans to increase its assets to 30 trillion rubels ($3.5 billion) this year, Syarhey Rumas, chairman of the...
- 13:20 Violations of all articles of Labor Code reported in Belarus // English // Видео
Violations of all articles of the Labor Code have been reported in Belarus, Uladzimir Shalkovich, head of the Main Legal Department at the Office of...
- 13:16 Belarusian ambassador meets with Hungarian diplomat // English // Новости
Belarusian Ambassador Alyaksandr Khaynowski on Monday met with Laszlo Szoke, director of the Department for Foreign Affairs of the Office of the...
- 09:56 Belarusian government will consider Electoral Code amendments proposed by OSCE and CIS experts, election official says // English // Новости
The proposals of OSCE and CIS experts will be considered during work to amend Belarus’ Electoral Code, Mikalay Lazavik, secretary of the...
- 09:50 Households to be charged much higher electricity and gas prices after exceeding quota // English // Статьи
The Council of Minister has issued a directive that provides for paying at much higher rates for electricity and natural gas consumed in excess of a quota...
27 января 2013
- 11:59 Azaranka wins Australian Open title // English // Новости
Belarusian tennis star Viktoryya Azaranka (Victoria Azarenka) beat Li Na of China 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in Melbourne on Saturday to win the Australian Open...
- 11:57 Statkevich honored with German Social Democratic Party’s 2012 Willy Brandt Special Award for Political Courage // English // Статьи
Imprisoned Belarusian opposition politician Mikalay Statkevich was honored with the German Social Democratic Party’s 2012 Willy Brandt Special Award...
26 января 2013
- 15:33 Consumer prices reported up 2.4 percent in first 22 days of January // English // Новости
Consumer prices in Belarus increased by 2.4 percent in the first 22 days of January, reported the National Statistical Committee (Belstat). Between...
- 15:28 Russian phytosanitary watchdog set to send officers to Belarusian border checkpoints // English // Новости
Russia's veterinary and phytosanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor announced on Friday that it planned to send its officers to Belarus for...
- 15:26 Latvia is interested in cooperation with Belarus to create logistics infrastructure at Freeport of Riga // English // Новости
Latvia is interested in cooperation with Belarus to establish a logistics infrastructure in the Freeport of Riga, Uldis Jansons, director of the...
- 15:24 Lukashenka directs that Belarus be protected against new information threats // English // Новости
Alyaksandr Lukashenka directed Friday that Belarus should be protected against new threats in the sphere of information technologies. "Look at...
- 15:22 Lukashenka calls for drastic modernization of Belarusian science // English // Новости
Alyaksandr Lukashenka called on Friday for a drastic "modernization" of the country's scientific research system, according to the...
25 января 2013
- 10:28 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to provide €5 million to Heineken Belarus // English // Новости
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has decided to provide €5 million to the Belarusian subsidiary of Dutch brewing...
- 10:26 Investigative Committee head tells reporters about investigations into Molotov cocktail attack on Lithuanian embassy, death of KGB lieutenant colonel // English // Видео
There are still no suspects in the November 6, 2012 Molotov cocktail attack on the embassy of Lithuania in Minsk, Valyantsin Shayew, head of the...
- 10:21 Polish MEP asks Belarusian foreign minister to let him meet with imprisoned Statkevich, Dashkevich // English // Статьи
Marek Migalski, a Polish member of the European Parliament, has appealed to Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makey to give him an opportunity to meet...
- 10:15 Opposition activist in Navapolatsk to stand trial over photograph in support of Byalyatski // English // Новости
Syarhey Malashenak, an opposition activist in Navapolatsk, Vitsyebsk region, is scheduled to stand trial on January 29 over a photograph in support...
24 января 2013
- 12:13 Opposition activist in Navapolatsk may be questioned over photograph in support of Byalyatski // English // Статьи
An opposition activist in Navapolatsk, Vitsyebsk region, has been ordered to present himself at the local police station on Thursday...
- 12:03 Live tropical butterflies on display in Minsk // English // Видео
An exhibition of live tropical butterflies has opened at the Pushkin Minsk Regional Library. Excited children and adults mingled with scores of...
- 12:00 United Civic Party leader appeals fine to Minsk City Court // English // Новости
Anatol Lyabedzka, leader of the United Civic Party (UCP), on Wednesday filed an appeal with the Minsk City Court against a fine imposed on him by a...
- 09:41 Opposition activist in Homyel receives anonymous threats for displaying white-red-white flag over his house // English // Новости
Opposition activist Kanstantsin Zhukowski on Wednesday received anonymous threats for displaying Belarus' historically national white-red-white flag...
- 09:08 Foreign ministries of Belarus, Russia discuss situation in Middle East, North Africa // English // Новости
The foreign ministries of Belarus and Russian held consultations in Moscow on January 23 to discuss cooperation between the two countries with...
23 января 2013
- 16:24 Minsk will be fully prepared to host world hockey championship, official promises // English // Новости
Minsk will be fully prepared for hosting the 2014 World Ice Hockey Championship, Mikalay Ladutska, chairman of the city executive committee, told...
- 16:23 Rubel may weaken slightly this year, official says // English // Статьи
he Belarusian rubel may weaken slightly against major currencies this year, Mikalay Luzhin, first deputy chairman of the National Bank of Belarus (NBB)...
- 10:52 United Civic Party leader sentenced to fine in absentia for distributing flyers // English // Новости
Anatol Lyabedzka, chairman of the United Civic Party (UCP), has been sentenced in absentia to a fine for distributing flyers on December 19, 2012,...
- 09:55 Onerbank sold, CredexBank renamed // English // Новости
US-blacklisted Onerbank has been sold and CredexBank (Credex), accused by the US Treasury Department of money laundering, has been renamed. On...
- 09:53 Amended Banking Code has made National Bank more independent, official says // English // Новости
The enactment of amendments to the Banking Code have made the National Bank of Belarus (NBB) somewhat more independent, NBB deputy head Mikalay...
22 января 2013
- 17:16 Belarusian company developing robot system for law-enforcement, state security and defense agencies // English // Новости
Minsk-based AAT Ahat-Sistemy Kiravannya (Control Systems) is developing a special-purpose robot system called Salamandra for the law-enforcement,...
- 10:33 It is too early to name date of new Eurobond issue, deputy finance minister says // English // Новости
It is yet too early to name the date of the Belarusian government's new Eurobond issue, Deputy Finance Minister Maksim Yermalovich told reporters in...
- 09:17 Journalist Yury Humyanyuk to be laid to rest on January 23 // English // Новости
Journalist and poet Yury Humyanyuk who died last week will be laid to rest at a cemetery in Hrodna on Wednesday. The funeral will be preceded by a...
- 09:14 Mikhas Charnyawski recounts efforts to save manuscript of Larysa Heniyush's memoirs // English // Видео
Mikhas Charnyawski, a prominent archeologist and historian who was a co-founder of the Belarusian Popular Front in the late 1980s, died on January...
- 09:08 Sanctions against Belarus undermine United States’ reputation, foreign ministry's spokesman says // English // Новости
Washington’s sanctions against Belarus undermine the United States’ reputation, the foreign ministry's spokesman, Andrey Savinykh, said...
- 09:00 Viktar Sheyman appointed presidential property manager // English // Статьи
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has appointed Viktar Sheyman to head the property management department of the Presidential Administration...
21 января 2013
- 16:01 Police bust two drug labs // English // Новости
The police have discovered two illegal drug laboratories where amphetamine was made. Two men were arrested as police officers raided their homes in...
- 14:10 Tax authorities in Brest region fine woman over diesel fuel sale in Poland // English // Новости
The Brest district tax office has imposed a fine of 4.3 million rubels ($500) on an unemployed woman, accusing her of earning a living by selling...
- 13:53 Journalist Volha Klaskowski fighting deportation from Sweden // English // Статьи
Belarusian journalist Volha Klaskowski is fighting her deportation from Sweden, where she was granted political asylum several years ago...
- 13:47 Opposition activists in Hrodna region complain to State Control Committee about forest destruction // English // Новости
Opposition activists in Slonim have complained to the State Control Committee about what they view as the illegal destruction of a forest close to...
19 января 2013
- 16:33 Young women flock to girl group auditions in Minsk // English // Фото
Scores of young women dreaming of a glamorous life as a member of a sexy girl group turned up for the first round of auditions in Minsk on January 18....
- 16:15 Belarusian ambassador meets with rector of University of Latvia // English // Новости
Alyaksandr Herasimenka, the Belarusian ambassador in Latvia, met Thursday with Marcis Auzins, rector of the University of Latvia, to discuss the...
- 16:13 Paval Sevyarynets granted three-day leave // English // Новости
Paval Sevyarynets, co-chairman of Belarusian Christian Democracy (BCD), has been granted a three-day leave by the administration of an open-type...
- 16:11 Foreign Minister Makey meets with heads of EU, US diplomatic missions // English // Новости
Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makey on Friday held a meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions representing European Union countries, the Vatican,...
18 января 2013
- 16:25 Former National Bank head named deputy prime minister // English // Новости
Alyaksandr Lukashenka, by his January 18 edict, appointed Pyotr Prakapovich to the position of deputy prime minister. The edict also relieved Mr....
- 16:23 IFC provided €45 million, $40 million for projects in Belarus in latter half of 2012, country manager says // English // Новости
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) provided €45 million and $40 million for projects in Belarus in the latter half of 2012, Rufat...
- 16:21 CIA World Factbook ranks Belarus 12th in death rate // English // Новости
With 13.9 deaths per year per 1000 population, Belarus ranks 12th in the Central Intelligence Agency’s World Factbook out of 224 ranked...
- 11:36 Teachers' pay will be increased through optimization of network of educational institutions, education minister says // English // Новости
School teachers' pay will be increased through the optimization of the network of educational institutions, Education Minister Syarhey Maskevich...
- 11:33 World Bank to consider new country strategy for Belarus this spring // English // Статьи
The World Bank (WB)'s Board of Directors will consider a new country strategy for Belarus this spring, Rufat Alimardanov...
17 января 2013
- 15:32 Swedish prosecutors say that toy drop flight does not fall within their jurisdiction // English // Новости
Last July's invasion of Belarus' airspace by a plane piloted by Swedish nationals does not fall directly within the jurisdiction of Sweden's justice...
