Belarus leader begins fourth term

bbc 21-JAN-11

Belarus' Lukashenko appoints new PM

xinhuanet_en 29-DEC-10

Belarus president names new PM

aljazeera 28-DEC-10

Belarus battlefield

bbc 22-DEC-10

Candidate complains of Belarus election fraud

ft 19-DEC-10

Belarus, Russia remains committed to cooperation, Vladimir Putin says

Belta_en 15-OCT-10

Belarus: sunflower oil supplies to stay stable

agrimarket 08-OCT-10

Belarus expects single economic space to materialize ahead of time

Belta_en 24-SEP-10

Stark plots Scots win in Belarus

bbc 03-SEP-10

Russian spy case: Anna Chapman's phonecall to father 'triggered arrests'

telegraph 12-JUL-10

Government Extended Privileges for Purchase of Belarusian Goods in Russia

telegraf 02-JUL-10

Belarus president halts gas flow

euronews 22-JUN-10

USA Lifts Sanctions against ‘Rosoboronexport’

geotimes 22-MAY-10

Edited by Gheanna Emelia :U.S.-Russian Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement — Continued …

watchingamerica 20-MAY-10

Belarus police break up gay pride march

reuters 15-MAY-10

Belarus interested in all-round cooperation with Netherlands

Belta_en 30-APR-10

Ukrainian Embassy in Belarus Confirms Yanukovych's Visit to Minsk

telegraf 28-APR-10

Belarus closes its airspace at an altitude of 7 to 11km

Belta_en 17-APR-10

Inflation in Belarus at 2.5% in January-March 2010

Belta_en 08-APR-10

President urges to stay committed to Belarus’ interests in energy transit

Belta_en 15-FEB-10

Belarus, Russia to ink nuclear station construction papers by July

Belta_en 03-FEB-10

Love and Paranoia in Belarus

ISN 19-JAN-10

Irina Babetskaya from Belarus wins gold at Summer Biathlon World Championship

Belta_en 22-SEP-09

[Comment] Belarus goes DIY on Public Relations

euobserver 14-SEP-09

Belarus leader admits to rigging vote

NewsJang 28-AUG-09

In 2010, Belarus to produce 1 mln tonnes of rapeseed

agrimarket 13-AUG-09

Russia puts its WTO entry in doubt

ft 10-JUN-09

Alexander Lukashenko to meet with Kazakh Prime Minister

Belta_en 10-JUN-09

Russia, Belarus talks end in 'scandal': press (AFP)

news 29-MAY-09

Belarus asks Russia for 9-bln-dollar loan - minister

itartass_en 28-MAY-09

[-recalled]: We just held presidential elections in which Alexander Lukashenko won a landslide victory. The recent All-Belarus People’s Congress summed up the five-year plan and set objectives for the next five-year term,

Belta_en 23-DEC-10

[-said]: Honoring the athletes of the Paralympic movement embodies the triumph of humanist values in our society, the country's attitude towards sports, healthy lifestyle as well as the recognition of your own exceptional qualities,

Belta_en 23-DEC-10

[-said]: This concerns not only the supply of potash fertilizers but also the broad range of issues that you have identified during your diplomatic mission in our country,

Belta_en 22-DEC-10

[-said]: It, first of all, concerns the deliveries of dump trucks and BelAZ vehicles to India. I am confident that our large-scale enterprise Belshina will also expand its presence on the Indian market,

Belta_en 22-DEC-10

[-said]: We will continue reforming our energy system and invite the Indian capital to take part in the upgrading of our energy capacities,

Belta_en 22-DEC-10

[-said]: We are also ready to negotiate on potash fertiliser. Not only about supplies, but also about the wide range of issues that you have designated during your mission,

irishsun 22-DEC-10

[-noted]: We have agreed that this is a very good beginning of the Indian investment flow to the energy sector of Belarus,

Belta_en 22-DEC-10

[-said]: The country is making a choice today, the choice for stability, development and the life we have been working for over 15 years,

Belta_en 19-DEC-10

[-said]: We will provide $1 billion for the pharmaceutical industry,

Belta_en 10-DEC-10

[-said]: This plan, to my mind, should be divided into two stages,

Belta_en 10-DEC-10

[-said]: You can create a biograd or a bio-park involving 5 or 7 foreign companies,

Belta_en 10-DEC-10

[ said]: When we put together the program for the next five-year term, I insisted on keeping two performance goals – industry development and agriculture development. The government will pay close attention to these indicators,

Belta_en 06-DEC-10

[-said]: We have held numerous negotiations in order to keep gas prices largely intact in 2011,

Belta_en 29-NOV-10

[-said]: We provide insurance services supporting our exporters,

Belta_en 29-NOV-10

[-said]: We insisted that the 2010 prices should be maximally preserved for Belarus. We proceed from the fact that gas prices on the spot market, in the EU and Germany are 15-20% lower than under contracts between our countries. For this reason, we are insisting on keeping the 2010 gas prices unchanged,

rian 28-NOV-10

[ said]: We are open to investments in this industry, provided the investors will not compete with domestic woodworking companies. At present foreign companies operate in Belarus under common regulations, observing these rules, buying raw materials via commodity exchanges and exporting their products,

Belta_en 26-NOV-10

[ said]: BASF uses one tonne of oil to make over 8,000 chemical products. Belarusian enterprises cannot do it,

Belta_en 18-NOV-10

[ added]: We put a lot of efforts into enhancing the banking system. The system has survived the crisis and has managed to earn considerable profits. At present there are over 30 banks with a share of foreign capital in Belarus. We have successfully sold blocks of shares in state-owned banks to Raiffeisen Group and Sberbank of Russia. We have opened new banks that include capital from Switzerland, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Sweden, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan,

Belta_en 17-NOV-10

[-said]: All your investments are welcome in Belarus. The Investment Code of the Republic of Belarus gives you the right to use your profits the way you want, you can re-invest them into your operations in Belarus or take them abroad without any obstacles,

Belta_en 17-NOV-10

[-said]: Our investment forum is also a signal to the international community and Europe, first of all, that we understand global issues and globalization and want to build mutually beneficial and equal economic relations taking into consideration Belarus’ economic experience,

Belta_en 17-NOV-10

[ remarked]: We plan to undertake large-scale efforts to further modernize transport communications, build transportation and logistics centers and invite foreign investors to take an active part in these processes,

Belta_en 17-NOV-10

[ said]: We have reasons to believe we will be able boost the volume of transit transportation soon thanks to Belarus’ membership in the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia. We work together on the legal base to launch the single economic space in January 2012. With the single economic space in place, we will build a structure that will be virtually identical to the European Union,

Belta_en 17-NOV-10

[ said]: We can set up such companies together with existing ones. Or instead we can promote our products to third-country markets and be in demand there,

Belta_en 12-NOV-10

[-said]: finalize the terms of the investment agreement, its provisions,

Belta_en 22-OCT-10

[-said]: By inviting U.S. investors to our country, we are open for the Belarusian economy privatization with the participation of American capital,

telegraf 15-OCT-10

[-said]: The Belarusian delegation is ready for compromises,

Belta_en 15-OCT-10

[-said]: We practically minimized differences and gave clear signals to experts as to how continue the joint work,

Belta_en 15-OCT-10

[ said]: Accepting your investments in Belarus, today we are open to privatizing our economy with assistance of the US capital,

Belta_en 14-OCT-10

[ said]: We would like the United States to be among Belarus’ main foreign trade partners. Belarus is interested in closer cooperation with American companies,

Belta_en 14-OCT-10

[ said]: We attract your investments and our companies are open for privatization,

Belta_en 14-OCT-10

[-said]: We have good prospects to reach the 2007 level of bilateral trade, which is more than $700 million,

Belta_en 14-OCT-10

[-said]: We are ready to considerably increase the manufacture of tractors and elevators in Ukraine and start making other machines that are in demand on the Ukrainian market,

Belta_en 30-SEP-10

[-said]: tense, but they could be done by means of resource mobilization in the local authorities as well as in the ministries,

telegraf 29-SEP-10

[-said]: We have set ourselves these ambitious goals,

telegraf 24-SEP-10

[-added]: We have agreed to share our technologies,

Belta_en 24-SEP-10

[ said]: We can choose. Each port has advantages. It is important for us what terms each of them will offer to Belarusian exporters,

Belta_en 24-SEP-10

[-said]: Each investor will be looked after by the Investment Agency until his enterprise starts working

telegraf 24-SEP-10

[-said]: Even in the post-crisis time our trade exceeded $500 million,

Belta_en 23-SEP-10

[-stated]: The advantages and potential of the Belarusian economy enables Belarus to deliver export cargoes in the Customs Union without provisos and restrictions,

Belta_en 23-SEP-10

[-added]: I hope our cooperation will soon reach a new level to benefit both the nations,

Belta_en 23-SEP-10

[ said]: We will add power engineering, primarily renewable energy sources, to basic industries. Now we will do our utmost so that German investors would supply the first wind farm in Belarus,

Belta_en 15-SEP-10

[ said]: At least we manage to vigorously cooperate with Saxony and Brandenburg. Businesslike and friendly relations have been established between me and the Prime Minister of the State of Brandenburg,

Belta_en 15-SEP-10

[ said]: Once again it confirms that our trade and economic relations are advancing. This is why our interest in the presence of German investments has compelled us to hold the Belarus Investment Forum in Frankfurt am Main this year. We hope to invite a large number of participants and hope to exceed the 2008 Belarus Investment Forum in London in the number of breakthrough ideas and projects,

Belta_en 15-SEP-10

Dmitry Peskov [-said]: Putin and Sidorsky agreed to hold a working meeting in Moscow on Wednesday to continue coordinating positions on common economic space,

rian 07-DEC-10

Peskov [-said]: Indeed, we have the information that Prime Minister Sidorsky (Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky) cannot participate in a meeting today. Meanwhile, at the present moment Kazakhstan confirmed its participation, and the meeting will be held in any case,

itartass_en 28-MAY-10