MINSK, 6 January (BelTA) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has congratulated Belarusian Christians who celebrate Christmas on 7 January, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. According to the President, over two thousand years this solemn holiday has brought us joy and hope, taught us to follow moral commandments, express our love towards our neighbors and do good deeds. “On Christmas days a simple truth reopens to us: where there is no consent, trust and mutual...

MINSK, 4 January (BelTA) – The Foreign Ministry of Belarus notes that some European partners have a distorted picture of the real political and social situation in the country, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Andrei Savinykh said when answering the questions from reporters regarding the statements of some politicians in support of sanctions or other restrictive measures in respect of Belarus. “We acknowledge that some of our European partners have a distorted picture of the real...

MINSK, 4 January (BelTA) – Belarus is leading among the CIS countries in terms of a salary and pension amount in a US dollar equivalent, Deputy Labor and Social Security Minister Valeryan Korol told a press conference on 4 January. According to him, one of the major goals of a socially-oriented state such as Belarus is a sustainable growth of living standards of the population and creation of necessary conditions for human potential development. In his words, Belarus’ social and...

MINSK, 3 January (BelTA) - Belarus has imposed export duties on oil and oil products exported from its territory outside the Customs Union. Corresponding resolution No 1932 of the Council of Ministers of 31 December 2010 came into force on 1 January 2011, in accordance with Decree No 716 “On rates of export customs duties” of 31 December 2010, BelTA learnt from the council of ministers Office. Two resolutions of the Council of Ministers were recognized as invalid, namely Resolution No...

MINSK, 3 January (BelTA) – Belarus raised the tariff for transportation of oil products on 1 January 2011. Belarus will charge $1.64 for transportation of every tonne of oil products per 100km, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Economy Ministry. The increase in the tariff is envisaged in Resolution No. 157 of the Economy Ministry “On the tariffs for transportation of oil products via Belarusian trunk pipelines” as of 1 November 2010. The resolution was adopted in...

MINSK DISTRICT, 30 December (BelTA) – The negative evaluation of the outcome of the presidential election in Belarus had been prepared in advance, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko told reporters on 30 December, BelTA has learnt. The President was asked what path the independent Belarus will follow in years to come and how it will build the relations with western and eastern partners against the political background that emerged after the opposition riots of 19 December. The...