MINSK, 23 March (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko intends to hear out working reports on the development of the regions from the heads of the oblast administrations one by one. The Belarusian head of state made the relevant statement at the government session involving the chairmen of the Vitebsk Oblast and Gomel Oblast executive committees on 23 March. The press service of the Belarusian leader quoted Alexander Lukashenko as saying: “Q1 2012 is nearly over. Results of...

MOSCOW, 20 March (BelTA) – Belarus is ready for expanding trade and economic cooperation with Moscow, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he met with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on 20 March. Alexander Lukashenko said that at the restricted participation meeting with the Moscow Mayor the sides had made strategic arrangements on future prospects of cooperation. “I am thankful for your pragmatic and strategic treatment of these matters. You have agreed not to destroy what has...

NOVOPOLOTSK, 16 March (BelTA) – A person will never be successful without love for his or her own country, said Alexander Radkov, Deputy Head of the Belarus President Administration, at the educational forum held in Novopolotsk on 16 March for people in the promising personnel reserve of the Vitebsk Oblast administration. Wherever the person may live, whatever transnational corporation may employ the person, he or she should remember about interests of the native country, said the...

VITEBSK, 15 March (BelTA) – “Green corridors” will be in place between Belarus, Russia and Ukraine for the duration of the Euro 2012 sports event. According to the Ukrainian customs service, the facilitated border crossing procedure may stay in place after Euro 2012, Chairman of the State Customs Service of Ukraine Igor Kaletnik told a press conference on 15 March. The customs services of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine signed a trilateral memorandum of intent to cooperate during the 2012...

VITEBSK, 15 March (BelTA) – Customs procedures in the Customs Union are as simplified as possible, Head of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation Andrei Belyaninov told a press conference on 15 March. “There are no borders between Belarus and Russia. There are no customs borders between Russia and Kazakhstan. Maximum facilitation of procedures within the framework of the customs space has been enabled,” said the official. He believes it is now important to improve...

MINSK, 15 March (BelTA) – In a meeting with State Secretary of the Union State Grigory Rapota on 15 March, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko expressed hope for further expansion of cooperation within the Union State of Belarus and Russia, BelTA has learnt. “I am glad we will be working together to give further headway to the Union State project,” the President said addressing Grigory Rapota. In his words, the parties should define approaches to enhance the level of cooperation in...