The Latvian and Belarusian prime ministers, Ivars Godmanis and Syarhei Sidorsky, met on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation in the fields of energy and transit, as well as to sign a package of inter-departmental agreements. "We are interested in direct contacts in the energy sector," Godmanis said at a news conference.
Belarus and Hungary intend to develop cooperation in providing care and maintenance of military graves, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to Belarus Ferenc Kontra told a press conference in Minsk on November 12, reported Belta
At the first stage of the privatization in Belarus the shares of open joint stock companies set up in 2008-2010 will be sold to large strategic investors, Iryna Barkouskaya, head of the state property reformation department of the state property fund under the State Property Committee, told BelTA while commenting on Decree No 605 "On some issues of the privatization of national unitary companies".
Belarus expects the IMF to decide soon on a two-billion-dollar loan to help the former Soviet republic deal with the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Syarhei Sidorsky said Wednesday. "We expect a decision to come shortly," Sidorsky told reporters during a visit to neighbouring Latvia, his first official trip to an EU member state since Brussels lifted a visa ban on senior Belarusian officials last month.
The Belarusian defense ministry has declined to comment on a statement by Nikolai Dimidyuk, a senior manager of Russia's military hardware export company, Rosoboronexport, that a Russian air defense unit may be deployed in Belarus.
Alyaksandr Lukashenka and other high-ranking Belarusian officials could be easily returned on the EU's travel-ban list, Polish member of the European Parliament Jacek Protasiewicz said.
The Belarusian authorities' ban on the travel of children affected by the Chernobyl nuclear accident to Ireland may be lifted soon, The Irish Times reported.
Alyaksandr Lukashenka directed at Thursday’s government conference on measures against corruption that Prosecutor General Ryhor Vasilevich should submit a request before the end of the day for the dismissal of Mikalay Kupryyanaw as deputy prosecutor general and Mikhail Snyahir as prosecutor of the Minsk region.
The European Commission has issued a call for proposals for new regional investment and trade facilitation project EAST-INVEST for Eastern Partnership countries.
The Latvian and Belarusian prime ministers, Ivars Godmanis and Syarhei Sidorsky, met on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation in the fields of energy and transit, as well as to sign a package of inter-departmental agreements. "We are interested in direct contacts in the energy sector," Godmanis said at a news conference.
At the first stage of the privatization in Belarus the shares of open joint stock companies set up in 2008-2010 will be sold to large strategic investors, Iryna Barkouskaya, head of the state property reformation department of the state property fund under the State Property Committee, told BelTA while commenting on Decree No 605 "On some issues of the privatization of national unitary companies".
