MINSK, 12 May (BelTA) - Belarus plans to attract $400 million from the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) to implement economic projects, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Guryanov said at a session of the House of Representatives when introducing a bill to ratify the agreement on the terms of residence of the Eurasian Development Bank in Belarus, BelTA has learnt. According to him, Belarus and the Eurasian Development Bank are implementing projects worth more than $300 million. “In the...

SHKLOV DISTRICT, 12 May (BelTA) – Belarus’ housing construction program will be adjusted, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said as he visited Mogilev Oblast on 12 May, BelTA has learnt. The head of state noted that in general the housing issue is not that urgent in Belarus, therefore, the housing construction program needs to be refined. “We need to identify people who we should help and for who we should construct housing. If you want to improve your living conditions, get money...

MOSCOW, 11 May (BelTA) – A bicycle rally, The Youth of Belarus and Russia – Road to the Union State Future, starts in Smolensk on 20 May. It will run through Smolensk, Krasnyi, Orsha, Vitebsk, Velizh, and Demidov, BelTA learnt from the Permanent Committee of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. Total mileage of the rally is 345 kilometers. It is organized by the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee and the Sports, Tourism, and Youth Policy Department of Smolensk Oblast under the...

MINSK, 11 May (BelTA) – In Q1 2011, the export of goods to Germany rose 3.5 times over the same period in 2010 to $403.7 million, BelTA learnt from the National Statistics Committee. The import from Germany rose 1.4 times to nearly $555 million. Overall, in January-March 2011 Belarus-Germany trade increased 1.9 times to $958.7 million. Besides in Q1 2011, the export of goods to Russia rose 1.4 times to $2.85 billion, the export to the Netherlands amounted to $1.05 billion (up 1.5...

MINSK, 11 May (BelTA) – Under Resolution No. 573 of the Council of Ministers, Belarus will provide humanitarian aid to ethnic Belarusians living in Kyrgyzstan, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian government. The humanitarian aid will include foodstuffs to the tune of over Br41.5 million. The money will be allocated to the Emergencies Ministry from the state material reserve. The aid will be delivered by train and handed over to the public association of Belarusians...

MINSK, 10 May (BelTA) – An online hotel booking system has been launched in Belarus, BelTA learned from Aleksei Glamozda, Deputy Director for Business Development of the Belarusian company Generation_P Consulting. The company is the one in charge of developing software for the project. At present around 40 Belarusian hotels are available via the system. One can book a room via Belarus’ official website belarus.by (Tourism section) and the website of the National Tourism Agency. The...