During an officials visit by the Leader of the Revolution Muammar Al-Qathafi to Belarus last week, Libya and Belarus signed four agreements related to the economic, judicial and cultural sectors.
The 15th international tourism exhibition of Belarus, Tourbusiness 2008, kicked off on November 5 at Minsk international fairgrounds and will wrap up today.
Police have arrested six opposition activists who briefly protested outside of Belarus' chief security agency to mark the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Seven residents of Hrodna Region's Astravets District have announced their intention to campaign against the government's plans to build a nuclear power plant in the area in western Belarus.
The blanket ban by the Government of Belarus on 'Chernobyl children' travelling to EU countries will be raised in the European Parliament by Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins. A recent meeting between the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chernobyl Ireland has so far failed to progress the issue any further.
Barysausky Meat Processing Plant increased value of investments attracted to the fixed capital by 16% up to Br4.9 billion for 9 months of the current year, as Natalia Erashenka, the Head of the Planning and Economic Department, said to BELTA's reporter.
Juha Kahkonen, deputy director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s European Department, arrived in Minsk on November 8. Mr. Kahkonen will participate in talks of the IMF's visiting mission about the possibility of issuing a big loan to Belarus.
The European Commission has issued a call for proposals for new regional investment and trade facilitation project EAST-INVEST for Eastern Partnership countries.
The blanket ban by the Government of Belarus on 'Chernobyl children' travelling to EU countries will be raised in the European Parliament by Fine Gael MEP Jim Higgins. A recent meeting between the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chernobyl Ireland has so far failed to progress the issue any further.
