MINSK, 5 July (BelTA) - The government of Belarus has set up a task force on de-bureaucratization of government bodies and organizations and their relationships with citizens and legal entities, BelTA learnt from the press service of the government. The task force is headed by Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Anatoly Tozik. The group also includes Deputy Justice Minister Alla Bodak and Deputy Economy Minister Dmitry Golukhov. “Complaints and applications show that excessive bureaucratic...

MINSK, 4 July (BelTA) – Russia’s claims of subsidizing Belarus are surprising, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko as he met with State Secretary of the Union State Pavel Borodin on 4 July. “I am surprised that the Russian leadership may fail to follow when they say they are subsidizing us, crediting us and so on. We used to be the assembly shop of the Soviet Union and we are now the assembly shop of virtually entire Russia,” said the head of state. “We don’t just...

MINSK, 3 July (BelTA) – President Alexander Lukashenko has congratulated his countrymen on the Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. “Following the tradition, on 3 July we pay tribute to the valor and heroism of the frontline soldiers and laborers of the rear, partisans and resistance fighters who liberated the Belarusian people. We honor the unexampled feat of arms of the Soviet Soldier; we mourn about millions of those who...

MINSK, 30 June (BelTA) – The government is taking the right steps to stabilize the Belarusian economy, Chairman of the Council of the Republic Anatoly Rubinov said on the eve of the last 6th session of the Council of the Republic on 30 June, BelTA has learnt. “Indeed, the current situation in Belarus is rather challenging; the prices have increased; foreign currency issues have emerged. However, this has nothing to do with flaws of our development path or policy,” Anatoly Rubinov...

MINSK, 30 June (BelTA) – Belarus has coordinated a gas price formula with Gazprom starting from 2012, First Vice Premier of Belarus Vladimir Semashko said in a joint session of the two chambers of the Belarusian parliament on 30 June. As regards the sale of Beltransgaz stake to the Russian side, Vladimir Semashko reiterated that one of the major conditions in the issue is that the two sides find common ground on gas prices starting from 1 January 2012. In his words, negotiations on...

MINSK, 29 June (BelTA) – The 52nd meeting of veterans of the Great Patriotic War near the Mound of Friendship which is located on the border of Belarus, Russia and Latvia, will take place on 3 July, BelTA learned from the Ideology Department of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. The delegation of Vitebsk Oblast led by Deputy Chairman of the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee Anatoly Diulin will consist of about 100 veterans, leaders of the underground and partisan movements....