MINSK, 11 August (BelTA) – Belarus is streamlining the application of the simplified tax system. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko signed Decree No. 349 “On the application of the simplified tax system” on 9 August, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. The document is aimed to implement Directive No. 4 “Development of entrepreneurship initiative and encouragement of business activity in the Republic of Belarus” adopted by the President on 31 December 2010, in...

MINSK, 11 August (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has left for the Republic of Kazakhstan to take part in informal meetings and the informal summit of the CSTO heads of state, BelTA has learnt. Belarus assumed CSTO presidency at the December session of the CSTO Collective Security Council in Moscow. At the session Alexander Lukashenko put forward a number of Belarus’ initiatives to be materialized during this period. They include the creation of an efficient crisis...

MINSK, 9 August (BelTA) – The readiness of Belarusian educational institutions for the new academic year, workforce training, optimization of the structure and content of curricula were discussed on 9 August as Belarusian Education Minister Sergei Maskevich delivered his report to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, the press service of the head of state told BelTA. The Minister said that all educational institutions were completely ready for the beginning of the new academic year....

SHKLOV DISTRICT, 5 August (BelTA) –Physical infrastructure for training specialists for Belarus’ agribusiness should be upgraded, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said during an informal meeting with the mass media of the Mogilev and Vitebsk oblasts in Alexandria agrotown on 5 August, BelTA has learnt. The President pointed to a paradox: agricultural science is advancing across all the branches, new research centers are set up, the practice has improved considerably, but education...

SHKLOV DISTRICT, 5 August (BelTA) – More attention will be paid to mechanical engineering in Belarus, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at an informal meeting with reporters of regional mass media of Mogilev and Vitebsk oblasts in the agro-town Alexandria on 5 August. “Mechanical engineering is the heaviest industry in the world. The competition there is extreme. But we are lucky that there is a demand for our machines,” said the President. He stressed that these days...

SHKLOV DISTRICT, 5 August (BelTA) – Good weather gives a chance to Belarusian farmers to reap bumper harvest, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said during an informal meeting with the mass media of the Mogilev and Vitebsk oblasts in Alexandria agrotown on 5 August, BelTA has learnt. “We have perfect weather for harvesting. It cannot be better,” the President underlined. He noted that over half of the crops, almost 60%, had already been harvested. “If such weather stays for at...