All human rights activists arrested Wednesday in Minsk while demonstrating on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights have been released without charges, BelaPAN reported.
Russia is interested in increasing the imports of Belarusian staple products, Russian Agriculture Minister Aleksei Gordeyev said at a meeting with Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky in Minsk on December 11.
Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka reiterated his government's willingness to continue a dialogue with the European Union, but warned against preconditions, Interfax reported.
Washington continues to urge the Belarusian authorities to release American lawyer Emanuel Zeltser imprisoned in Mahilyow, the US Department of State said in a statement on December 10.
German company Gigaset Communications GmbH may start producing DECT phones in Belarus, Gigaset Vice President for Sales Godehard Gerling told a press conference in Minsk on December 11.
The European Commission has issued a call for proposals for new regional investment and trade facilitation project EAST-INVEST for Eastern Partnership countries.