POLOTSK, 16 September (BelTA) – There will be no problems with cooperation between the Belarusian Interior Ministry and the future Investigation Committee, Belarusian Interior Minister Anatoly Kuleshov told media on 16 September. He was in Polotsk to receive citizens with personal problems, BelTA has learned. The Minister remarked a working group had been created to summarize and analyze proposals regarding the Investigation Committee, in particular, they are working on the regulation on...

VILNIUS, 14 September (BelTA) – Lithuania has decided to abolish consular fees for the national visa for Belarusian citizens, BelTA has learnt. The government of Lithuania passed a resolution abolishing a ?60 consular fee for the national visa. To do that, the Lithuanian parliament had to adopt amendments to the law on consular fees to allow the government to reduce the cost of the consular fee or scrap it altogether on the parity basis on in the interests of the foreign policy or national...

MINSK, 13 September (BelTA) – If the company Itera is slow implementing the Minsk City project, another investor will take it over, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the government session held on 13 September to discuss the Minsk City project progress. The press service of the Belarusian head of state quoted Alexander Lukashenko as saying: “Deadlines will be shifted no more! No more preferences will be granted. Things will stay the way they are now. If you can build it,...

MINSK, 12 September (BelTA) – India is ready to be Belarus’ economic partner, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Belarus Manoj Kumar Bharti said at the business matchmaking session on 12 September, BelTA has learned. “The primary objective of today’s Belarus-India talks is to show that India can and is ready to become a true economic partner of Belarus. Today the private sector of the Indian economy is ready to invest in foreign companies, including Belarusian...

MINSK, 12 September (BelTA) – In January-August 2011 Belarus' gross domestic product went up 9.1% over the same period last year to reach Br155.1 trillion, BelTA learned from spokesperson of the National Statistics Committee Yelena Kondratenko. In line with the socio-economic development forecast of Belarus, the GDP is projected to increase by 9-10% over the same period of 2010. In January-August 201 the industrial output was up by 11% to reach Br174.6 trillion while the annual target was...

VITEBSK, 9 September (BelTA) – The Supreme Economic Court of Belarus will study the execution of decisions of Belarusian economic courts abroad and will tackle issues facing economic operators in foreign states, Chairman of the Supreme Economic Court Viktor Kamenkov told reporters at a video conference in Vitebsk, BelTA has learnt. The Supreme State Court urged economic operators facing such issues to submit the necessary information to the court. “By the end of the year we are going to...