VITEBSK, 2 August (BelTA) - Pakistan is interested in increasing import of Belarus-made agricultural equipment and would like to create a textile joint venture, Mohammad Ilyas Ghauri, Minister Trade, Head of the Trade Representative Office of the Embassy of Pakistan in Belarus and Russia, said at a meeting with foreign trade experts at the Vitebsk office of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) on 2 August, BelTA has learnt. Pakistan is an agricultural country. The demand...

MINSK, 23 July (BelTA) - A ceremony of hoisting the state flag of the Republic of Belarus was held in the Olympic Village in London late on 22 July, BelTA has learnt. The website of the Sports and Tourism Ministry of Belarus reads that the ceremony was attended by chief of the Belarusian mission Sergei Nereda, Secretary General of the Belarusian National Olympic Committee Georgy Katulin and Alexander Mikhnevich, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the United Kingdom of...

MINSK, 18 July (BelTA) – Belarus and Russia have signed a general contract on building a nuclear power plant in Belarus, BelTA has learned. The general contract specifies responsibilities and liabilities of the sides, the timeline of the project, its approximate cost till 2020, terms of payment, equipment delivery, organization of the construction process, acceptance of energy units and other things. The first energy unit is scheduled to go online in November 2018, with the second one...

MINSK, 18 July (BelTA) – Belarus will reduce the refinancing rate to 31% per annum on 18 July. This decision is stipulated in Resolution No. 352 of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus as of 12 July 2012, BelTA learnt from the information and public relations department of the National Bank. “The refinancing rate is being gradually reduced against the background of slow inflation growth that accords with our projections, and efficient operation of Belarusian companies on external...

MINSK, 10 July (BelTA) – Victory is the most important thing in Olympic Games, not participation, President of the National Olympic Committee, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko told the national team on behalf of the Belarusian nation at the solemn farewell ceremony for Belarusian sportsmen on the way to the summer Olympics in London. “I would like you to understand that anything can happen in sports, not only in Olympic Games. A person prepares all the reserves he or she has for...

MINSK, 9 July (BelTA) – Candidates nominated by political parties make up 18.8% of the composition of territorial election commissions, Secretary of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Nikolai Lozovik told BelTA commenting on the preparation for the election to the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus. Some political parties were particularly active. For example, A Just World nominated almost as many candidates as the public association Belaya Rus and...