MINSK, 8 October (BelTA) – The Belarusian government intends to hit the 5-5.5% GDP growth target in 2012, Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich told media on 8 October. The Prime Minister underlined that the Belarus government will do their best to make the GDP forecast come true. “I think we will hit the forecast target,” said Mikhail Myasnikovich. In turn, the Finance Minister Andrei Kharkovets remarked that positive changes regarding the contribution of net taxes to the...

MINSK, 24 September (BelTA) – The Days of Belarusian Culture opens today in Lithuania, BelTA has learnt. The Days of Culture are organized by the Embassy of Belarus in Lithuania in cooperation with the Culture Ministry of Belarus and the organizational and financial support of Minsk City Hall and the Mogilev Oblast Executive Committee. The opening ceremony of the Days will take place at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall of Vilnius on 24 September where Alexander Anisimov’s...

MINSK, 24 September (BelTA) – A qualified parliament of 109 members has been elected in Belarus, Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina told media on 24 September. “Only one constituency has failed to elect an MP. It is the Novobelitsky election constituency in Gomel Oblast,” explained Lidia Yermoshina. She added that the elections in the constituency are valid but there was no alternative to the single candidate. Since an absolute majority of...

MINSK, 23 September (BelTA) – The voting process to elect members of the fifth-convocation House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus ended at 20:00, BelTA has learned. All the 6,344 polling stations of Belarus have closed. The polling station commissions are now busy counting votes. The elections have been recognized valid in all the 110 constituencies. Belarus uses a majority election system. Over 50% of the registered voters have to take part in elections for the...

MINSK, 23 September (BelTA) – As of 18:00 on 23 September as many as 65.9% took part in the elections of members of the fifth-convocation of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, reads the official website of the Central Election Commission of Belarus. The figure stands at 64.2% in Brest Oblast, 73.1% in Vitebsk Oblast, 68.9% in Gomel Oblast, 67.1% in Grodno Oblast, 67.2% in Minsk Oblast, 72.5% in Mogilev Oblast, 53.6% in the city of Minsk, and 61.6% at polling...

MINSK, 23 September (BelTA) – As of 16:00 on 23 September as many as 58.6% took part in the elections of members of the fifth-convocation of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, reads the official website of the Central Election Commission of Belarus. The figure stands at 56% in Brest Oblast, 65.6% in Vitebsk Oblast, 62.8% in Gomel Oblast, 58% in Grodno Oblast, 59.6% in Minsk Oblast, 64.2% in Mogilev Oblast, 48% in the city of Minsk, and 51.1% at polling...