Journalists and opposition figures Tuesday attacked an order signed by Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka to monitor Internet use as a fatal blow for the country's last independent media.
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Belarus Rosemary Thomas welcomes the vigorous public debate on the use of death penalty in Belarus. She made this statement at a press conference in Minsk on 2 February.
Foreign Minister of Belarus Syarhei Martynau and Moscow-based Ambassador of Spain (the country holding the EU presidency in first half of 2010) to Belarus Juan Antonio March Pujol will discuss the interaction between the EU and Belarus in dealing with the consequences of the global crisis. This statement was made by the Spanish ambassador at a press conference.
Belarusbank has struck a deal to obtain its sixth syndicated loan from foreign financial institutions, the press office of the Belarusian largest bank told BelaPAN. The $60-million loan has been organized by Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. and Russia's Bank VTB, as well as OTP Group, Russia's Alfa Bank and Germany's VTB Bank Deutschland AG, according to the press office.
The Eastern Partnership program creates a framework for the active development of a dialogue between Belarus and the EU, Juan Antonio March Pujol, the visiting Moscow-based ambassador of Spain, the current EU presidency, told reporters in Minsk on February 2.
Perspektyva, a small business association, has sent an appeal to Alyaksandr Lukashenka over the licensing requirement for small traders. In the appeal, Perspektyva says that senior government officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Kabyakow and Deputy Economy Minister Andrey Tur, promised last year that the requirement would be scrapped, but work on a regulation to this effect seems to have been suspended.
Yawhen Yakavenka, a young opposition activist in Homyel, has applied for permission to do a civilian alternative to compulsory military service and for the local district military recruitment center to send him a summons in the Belarusian language.
Belarus is unable to receive the $209 million assistance from the European Union now. It is mentioned in the report of the International Monetary Fund published to summarize the results of the third supervision of the stand-by programme realization by the Belarusian authorities.
The crew of a plane carrying 35 tonnes of missile parts and other illegal weapons from North Korea may be released rather than face charges in Thailand where they were arrested, a senior Thai official said on Wednesday.
Russia boosted crude output 2.8 percent in January from a year earlier, the Energy Ministry said Tuesday, after Rosneft ramped up production at Vankor, the country’s largest new oil development.
Belarusbank has struck a deal to obtain its sixth syndicated loan from foreign financial institutions, the press office of the Belarusian largest bank told BelaPAN. The $60-million loan has been organized by Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. and Russia's Bank VTB, as well as OTP Group, Russia's Alfa Bank and Germany's VTB Bank Deutschland AG, according to the press office.
The Eastern Partnership program creates a framework for the active development of a dialogue between Belarus and the EU, Juan Antonio March Pujol, the visiting Moscow-based ambassador of Spain, the current EU presidency, told reporters in Minsk on February 2.
Perspektyva, a small business association, has sent an appeal to Alyaksandr Lukashenka over the licensing requirement for small traders. In the appeal, Perspektyva says that senior government officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Kabyakow and Deputy Economy Minister Andrey Tur, promised last year that the requirement would be scrapped, but work on a regulation to this effect seems to have been suspended.
Yawhen Yakavenka, a young opposition activist in Homyel, has applied for permission to do a civilian alternative to compulsory military service and for the local district military recruitment center to send him a summons in the Belarusian language.
Belarus is unable to receive the $209 million assistance from the European Union now. It is mentioned in the report of the International Monetary Fund published to summarize the results of the third supervision of the stand-by programme realization by the Belarusian authorities.
Russia boosted crude output 2.8 percent in January from a year earlier, the Energy Ministry said Tuesday, after Rosneft ramped up production at Vankor, the country’s largest new oil development.
