Belarus News Archives

'We hope to host a resulting peace conference in the near future,' he said. Commenting on delivery of armament to Azerbaijan, Minister Martynov said, 'Supplying Azerbaijan with armaments Minsk doesn't violate its commitments.

Azerbaijan, Baku, October 30 /Trend News/

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev gave an interview to the National Television Company of Belarus, AzerTAj state news agency reported.

ORIGINAL: English Connect CIS Summit set for Minsk, Belarus, 26-27 November Call for investment in ICT and transition to digital communication ACCREDIT NOW Geneva, 29 October 2009 What: Connect CIS Summit The Connect CIS Summit is the second in a series of regional events designed to stimulate public-private partnerships and investment needed to ...

The World Bank plans to lend $200 million to Belarus for structural reforms in the country's economy and social sector, and to stimulate private business, the bank's office in Minsk said on Friday.

Death row cell, Minsk, Belarus. © Legal initiative Simulation of execution method used in Belarus - executioner shoots victim in back of head with silenced pistol, February 2009 © Amnesty International 29 October 2009 Amnesty International has urged Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka to prevent the execution of a death row ...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday will hold a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Russian-Belarusian Union State.

Two of Belarus' network operators are to be granted 3G radio spectrum, the local official news agency reported.

During his four-day visit to Belarus Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju held wide ranging talks with Belarus Defence Minister Colonel-General Leonid Semenovich Maltsev in capital Minsk on Sunday.

No survivors were found at the crash site of a Russian business jet near the Minsk airport, an emergency services official in Belarus said on Tuesday.

Emergency officials in Belarus say at least five people have been killed in the crash of a Russian business jet near Minsk, the capital.

WAM Dubai, 21st Oct. 2009 : The UAE National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking assigned its special taskforce of 22 specialists to Belarus to participate in a training programme organized by the International Training Center on Migration and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings.

Signs of coinciding of positions are seen in relations between Belarus and Ukraine, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said in Minsk to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko, who had arrived in Belarus on his first foreign visit following his appointment.

Jailed Belarusian opposition activist Alyaksandr Bandarenka began an indefinite hunger strike on October 19, demanding that his case be reconsidered, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.

There are no avoided topics in Belarus-Azerbaijan relations, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he met with Yagub Eyubov, First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, on 23 October, BELTA news agency reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 22 /Trend Capital/

Belarus plans to set up new assembly enterprises in Azerbaijan, said Belarus First Vice Premier Vladimir Semashko as he met with First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Yagub Eyyubov in Minsk on 22 October, BELTA news agency reported.

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A GROUP from St John's Church in Burscough spent part of this summer in Belarus taking part in projects helping underprivileged children.

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have coordinated all founding documents of the Customs Union, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov told reporters after a session of the Customs Union commission, Itar-Tass reported.

October 20, 2009, 7:01 PM / Four newswomen from Belarus, Cameroon, Iran and Israel who have kept working in the face of intimidation, threats and attacks were honored Tuesday by an international media group.

MINSK a ' Five agreements were signed between officials of Iranian Mazandaran Province and Gomel Province in Belarus to enhance economic cooperation between these two regions.

Foreign Minister of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko left for Republic of Belarus on one-day working visit.

Wal-Mart was the victim of a serious security breach in 2005 and 2006 in which hackers targeted the development team in charge of the chain's point-of-sale system and siphoned source code and other sensitive data to a computer in Eastern Europe, Wired.com has learned.

Kazakhstan, Astana, October 16 / Trend Capital K. Konyrova /

Russia, Kazakhstan and Belorussia will join the WTO in any case, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade, Viktor Khristenko, said.

Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus hope to join the World Trade Organisation together as a single customs union as soon as possible, negotiators for the three ex-Soviet states said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

Russia is not putting pressure on Belarus to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia , Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said on Wednesday in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are expected to sign a treaty on a customs code for the three nations' Customs Union in Minsk on November 27, said Belarusian First Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Petrishenko.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko let a midnight deadline pass to intervene in the case of an illiterate Gypsy laborer sentenced to death for the murders of six elderly women.

HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani being greeted by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenk at the presidential palace in Minsk yesterday Minsk: HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, yesterday met Belarus President Alexander Lukashenk yesterday during his current visit to Belarus.

Belarus recorded a second commanding victory over Kazakhstan in Group 6 as Bernd Stange's side look to finish their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign on a high.

The New Life church used to be a livestock barn. October 09, 2009 MINSK -- Police in Minsk failed to enter the disputed building of the New Life Evangelical Church on September 8, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.

Belarusian soldiers have been told they must suspend their membership in political parties while serving in the military, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.

Mir Castle is one of the few UNESCO sites located in the Republic of Belarus. Only 120km from Minsk this place is very good reachable by car.

Minsk will fulfill all its European security obligations, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced on Wednesday during an international conference in the country's capital.

The West-2009 operative strategic army exercise held between Russia and Belarus finished on September 29.

The Belarus capital Minsk is mulling a monument of Mahatma Gandhi as it finds his philosophy of tolerance and non-violence "much relevant". Addressing a function in Minsk yesterday on Gandhi's 140th birthday as International Day of Non-violence, a senior Foreign Ministry official promised all necessary help in setting a monument to Mahatma Gandhi.

The pastor of the New Life Evangelical Church in Minsk was found guilty of obstruction of justice and fined $150 today, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.

President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that Belarus was ready to sign documents on the rapid reaction forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Russian news agencies reported.

Russian and Belarusian presidents will meet during the final stage of military drills in the Belarusian city of Baranovichi on Tuesday to discuss trade and military ties.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will pay an official visit to Belarus in October.