Article | May 20, 2012 - 9:09pm
After completing a mission to Belarus, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called on Minsk to commit to a “consistent strategy based on stabilisation and reform” to secure financial aid.
Article | May 17, 2012 - 8:11pm
After completing a mission to Belarus, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called on Minsk to commit to a “consistent strategy based on stabilisation and reform” to secure financial aid.
Article | May 15, 2012 - 4:18pm
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have agreed to jointly battle efforts to use human rights issues for exerting political pressure, the Belarusian president's press office said.
Article | May 14, 2012 - 11:37am
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who started a new Kremlin term last week, will travel to Belarus for his first foreign trip, Russia’s Kommersant newspaper reported.
Article | May 13, 2012 - 9:59pm
On 8 May, Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko said Minsk had one advantage in terms of the sale of the state property. "We know exactly how not to privatise. The investor does not always come to give the best technology, but state ownership is not always good for business," he said, addressing a message to the Parliament...
Article | April 29, 2012 - 8:44pm
Britain's ambassador to Belarus is to return to its capital Minsk alongside ambassadors from other European Union nations, the Government has announced. Representatives from the UK and other EU member states were recalled in a coordinated withdrawal of EU ambassadors.
Article | April 22, 2012 - 9:37pm
On 18 April, the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus ratified an intergovernmental agreement with Russia governing the setting of prices for supplies of natural gas to the country and its trans-shipment via Belarusian pipelines.
Article | April 16, 2012 - 4:31pm
The Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister, Nikolay Mladenov, expressed his approval of the release of the Belarusian opposition leader Andrei Sannikov and called it ‘the first good news from Minsk for a long time’.
Article | April 1, 2012 - 7:15pm
The planned EU sanctions against Belarusian government are justified but Lithuania fears that the affect might spill into the industrial sector impinging on their businesses.
Article | March 25, 2012 - 7:42pm
A group of Latvian parliamentarians last week urged the Latvian leadership to reconsider the issue of imposing sanctions on Belarus.
Article | March 25, 2012 - 7:39pm
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of seven Belarusian banks. Belarusbank (BBK), Belinvestbank (BIB), BPS-Sberbank (BPS), Belgazprombank (BGPB), Belvnesheconombank (BVEB) and VTB Bank (Belarus) CJSC (VTBB) have been affirmed at B- with a Negative Outlook, and CJSC BTA Bank (Belarus) at CCC.
Article | March 18, 2012 - 9:07pm
Total investment in joint projects of Belarus and China in various stage of implementation is estimated at $16 billion, Belarus’ Prime Minister Mikhail Miasnikovich told a meeting with Ambassador of China in Belarus Tszyanvey Gong on 15 March, adding that the pace of the projects’ implementation should be accelerated.
