The National Confederation of Entrepreneurs has submitted its proposals on economic liberalization to Alyaksandr Lukashenka's Presidential Administration.
President tightens grip on power, writes Stefan Wagstyl
When Pavel Kuryanovich first attended political demonstrations three years ago he was still at school. Now aged 19, he is an opposition veteran with four prison sentences to his name.
The Belarusian scientific institutions and universities signed $1.7 million worth of contracts with Chinese companies and scientific centers at the Chinese International Industrial Fair (CIIF 2008) that took place in Shanghai in November, BelTA learnt from Tamara Serkova, head of the international sci-tech cooperation department of the State Science and Technology Committee of Belarus.
2008-11-20 14:54 / European Parliament Press-Release
I welcome the Non Paper, which we have received yesterday from the Belarusian authorities on the future steps that the Belarusian government is planning to take towards improving EU-Belarus relations and meeting the EU expectations in this regard.
The lawyer for an American citizen imprisoned in Belarus says his client has been hospitalized. Emanuel Zeltser is an attorney who was jailed in the capital Minsk after his March arrest on a commercial espionage charge his lawyers call politically motivated. He was sentenced to three years in prison in August and lost an appeal.
A Council of Europe conference in Vilnius (Lithuania) on 21 November will encourage democratic change in Belarus in the aftermath of the 2008 parliamentary elections. The aim of the conference is for Belarusian civil society and the democratic forces in the country to learn the lessons of the last electoral campaign and assess the problems and obstacles that arose during the electoral process.
The Chief of the General Staff of Viet Nam People's Army Senior Lieut Gen Nguyen Khac Nghien held an extended meeting with his Belarussian counterpart, Senior Lieut Gen Gurulev Syarhei, in Ha Noi yesterday.
Belarus coat-of-arms On the occasion of the Belarus Investment Forum, UNCTAD presented the preliminary findings of the ongoing Investment Policy Review of the Republic of Belarus to the Prime Minister, Sergei Sidorsky and leading representatives of the global investment community.
A delegation of the Justice Ministry of the Republic of Korea will consider the prospects of the bilateral migration cooperation in the Interior Ministry of Belarus, BelTA was told in the information and PR department of the Interior Ministry of Belarus.
The Latvian government backs calls for cutting the Schengen visa fee for Belarusian citizens from €60 to €35, Latvian Ambassador Maira Mora told reporters in Minsk on Thursday.
The lawyer for an American citizen imprisoned in Belarus says his client has been hospitalized. Emanuel Zeltser is an attorney who was jailed in the capital Minsk after his March arrest on a commercial espionage charge his lawyers call politically motivated. He was sentenced to three years in prison in August and lost an appeal.
Belarus coat-of-arms On the occasion of the Belarus Investment Forum, UNCTAD presented the preliminary findings of the ongoing Investment Policy Review of the Republic of Belarus to the Prime Minister, Sergei Sidorsky and leading representatives of the global investment community.
