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Belarusian Party and S. Lebedev Discussed Implementation of the Concept of Belarus’ Presidency over the CIS in 2013
On January 24th Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation Igor Petrishenko held a meeting with Chairman of the Executive Committee – CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev.
26.01.2013
On 18th Theoretical and Practical Conference “Integrated Data Protection”
On January 23rd, 2013 Minsk Office of the Union State Standing Committee hosted a meeting of the Organizing Committee of the 18th theoretical and practical conference “Integrated Data Protection”.
25.01.2013
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov held a meeting with the ambassadors of the member states of the CIS
On January 21 Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov held in Moscow a traditional annual informal breakfast meeting with the ambassadors of the member states of the CIS.
22.01.2013
The CSTO delegation holds consultations with the representatives of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
From January 21 to 25 during their visit to the UN headquarters the CSTO delegation headed by Deputy Secretary General of the Organization Valery Semerikov will discuss the problems related to the situation in Afghanistan, counter-terrorism and extremism.
22.01.2013
Director-General of the WTO: Kazakhstan and Belarus can get a number of Trading Club advantages through Russia
Economic progress is impossible without integration.
21.01.2013
Russian Banks Made Over a Trillion-Ruble Profit in 2012
Last year Russian banks earned more than a trillion-ruble net profit, informs RIA Novosti quoting First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Alexei Simanovsky. According to him, this index has become a record one for the Russian financial system.
21.01.2013
52% of Moldovans are for the accession to the EU, 48% want to be in the Customs Union
The majority of the population supports the accession of the republic to the European Union. News agency BELTA reports that this fact was revealed in a new social research undertaken by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of Moldova and then published in Kishinev.
19.01.2013
Khristenko: The Common Economic Space de facto uses the WTO rules
The Common Economic Space of Belarus , Kazakhstan and Russia de facto works in conformity with the norms of the World Trade Organization. The statement was made by Chairman of the board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Viktor Khristenko at the plenary session of the Gaidar Forum in Moscow.
19.01.2013
N. Nazarbaev: Eurasian integration is our strategic advantage over challenges of the third global industrial revolution.
“We will continue moving to our common aim, I want to stress that Eurasian integration that is being implemented on my personal initiative never has been and will never be aimed at the reincarnation of any political union, moreover it won’t be a restoration of the former USSR fallen into oblivion,” said Nazarbaev on Friday during the meeting with the representatives of foreign diplomatic corps accredited in the Republic of Kazahstan.
18.01.2013
Alexander Lukashenko Held Press Conference for Representatives of Belarusian and Foreign Mass Media
On January 15th at the National Library President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko held a press conference for Belarusian and foreign journalists. It was a big conference if to consider both the number of participants (more than 350 journalists were invited to take part) and its duration (about five hours).
17.01.2013
D.Medvedev: The Customs Union and the Common Economic Space are open for other countries
The states that want to join the Customs Union of Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan should sign all its documents, not only the part of them. BELTA reports that this statement was made by Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev at the Gaidar Forum in Moscow.
17.01.2013
Russian President Held Negotiations with Prime Minister of Bangladesh
As is reported by the press service of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin has conducted negotiations with Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina
16.01.2013
Russian Army to reject footwraps
According to the Press Service and Information Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Defense,
15.01.2013
Joint Belarusian-Russian Strategic Command Post Exercise “Zapad-2013” to Be Conducted in 2013
In 2013 the Army of the Russian Federation is to take part in 11 international exercises. The major ones are the exercises with U.S. forces – “Atlas Vision”, Indian Armed Forces – “Indra”, Italian Armed Forces – special exercise in the mountains, Mongolian Armed Forces – “Selenga”, Armed Forces of Ukraine – “Slavyanskoe Sodruzhestvo”, as well as tactical exercises with military units of Germany and Armenia.
14.01.2013
“Belarusians of the Urals” Collect Money for Monument to Vladimir Mulyavin
The monument to the People’s Artist of Belarus is to be unveiled in Yekaterinburg in 2014.
12.01.2013
A contract for the supply of the third air defense battery “TOR-M2” to Belarus has been signed
A contract for the supply of the third air defense battery “TOR-M2” to Belarus in 2013 has been signed. This was announced today to the journalists by Deputy Minister of Defense for Armament Igor Lotenkov.
11.01.2013
In 2012 the Union State became full of practicable projects
This opinion was expressed by editor-in-chief of the magazine “Belaruskaya Dumka”, Cand. Sc. (History) and political scientist Vadim Gigin when www.soyuz.by noted that Grigory Rapota has held the position of the State Secretary of the Union State for a year now.
08.01.2013
The monument to the People’s Artist of Belarus is to be unveiled in Yekaterinburg in 2014.
Russian company “ Rus -K” won an auction for the sale of 38.6 % of Minsk regional executive committee shares in the Open Joint Stock Company “Holding management company “Zabudova”.
06.01.2013
Belarus and Russia to Sign an Agreement on Cooperation in Nuclear Safety
Belarus and Russia are planning to sign an agreement on cooperation in the area of nuclear safety. A draft agreement between the Governments of the two countries was approved by the Council of Ministers’ Decree № 1249 of December 29, 2012 as the basis for negotiations.
04.01.2013
Russian and Belarusian Experts to Complete Work on New Satellite
Rocket and Space Corporation “Energia” is currently completing the work on a new remote sensing satellite (RSS), said Corporation President and General Designer Vitaly Lopota.
03.01.2013