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10.09.2008World Bank: Belarus enters list of top ten regulatory reformers
According to Doing Business 2009, the sixth annual report published by the World Bank and IFC, the Republic of Belarus entered the list of ten top countries – regulatory reformers. From June 2007 to June 2008, Belarus made improvements in six out of 10 indicators of regulatory reform to take the fourth place in the list of top ten regulatory reformers. The country moved up a full 30 slots, from 115 to 85, in the overall ease of doing business.
10.09.2008Belarus will further improve its business climate
Belarus will continue creating a favourable business climate in the country, Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said as winners and laureates of the national Best Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 contest were awarded in Minsk on September 10. The Premier noted that according to Doing Business 2009, the sixth annual report published by the World Bank and IFC, the Republic of Belarus is one the world’s leaders in legal reforms meant to facilitate business operation.
08.09.2008Belarus, Vologda region intensify cooperation in machinery construction, metallurgy and timber industries
Cooperation of Belarus and the Volgoda region is being filled with concrete content. The two sides have intensified cooperation in machinery construction, metallurgy, timber and woodworking industries, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said at a meeting with governor of the Vologda region Vyacheslav Pozgalev in Minsk on September 8. According to the Prime Minister of Belarus, the cooperation programme with Vologda region was adopted in the course of his visit to the Russian region two years ago.
06.08.2008Russian warplanes ready to join large-scale exercise in Belarus
The Russian Air Force is ready to contribute Su-27 Flanker (INFOgraphic) or MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets to an upcoming drill in Belarus, the Air Force commander said Tuesday.
05.08.2008Russians pay last respects to Solzhenitsyn
Russians lined up in the rain in Moscow on Tuesday to pay their last respects to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the writer whose books did much to reveal the truth about the Soviet system of labor camps.
05.08.2008Gazprom confirms Belarus paid off gas debt for 1H08
Belarus has paid in full its natural gas debt for the first half of 2008, Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said Tuesday.
01.08.2008Rosatom, Areva make bids to build nuclear reactor in Belarus
The Belarusian government has received applications from the Russian state nuclear power corporation Rosatom and the French-German firm Areva to participate in a nuclear power plant construction project in the republic.
29.07.2008Over 700 international observers to monitor Belarus elections
More than 700 international observers are expected to monitor the September 28 parliamentary elections in Belarus, the country's top election official Lidiya Yermoshina said Tuesday.
23.07.2008Medvedev signs Soviet military graves agreement with Latvia
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed off on an agreement with Latvia on the status of Soviet military burial sites, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday.
23.07.2008Belarus, Venezuela agree to boost energy cooperation
Belarus and Venezuela agreed on Wednesday to boost energy cooperation and develop projects currently being implemented by the Petrolera BeloVenezolana joint oil venture in the South American country.
23.07.2008Russia's Lavrov arrives in Singapore for ASEAN, N.Korea meetings
Russia's foreign minister has arrived in Singapore on a two-day visit, to participate in meetings at an annual forum of southeast Asian nations, and for six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear problem.
23.07.2008Putin wants closer military ties with Venezuela
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday that he hopes military ties between the countries will strengthen.
23.07.2008Ukraine parliament to discuss Russian fleet pullout preparations
A bill on preparing for the Russian Black Sea Fleet's withdrawal from Ukraine's Crimea by 2017 is ready and will soon be submitted to the Ukrainian parliament, the country's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
21.07.2008Belarus secretly delivers Russian warplanes to Sudan - paper
A consignment of Russian fighter jets has been shipped to Sudan from Belarus, in an apparent breach of a UN Security Council resolution banning arms sales to the African state, the Sudan Tribune said.
21.07.2008Ukrainian opposition party blocks NATO ships in Crimea
A Ukrainian opposition party has prevented foreign warships participating in a NATO naval exercise from leaving the Black Sea port of Odessa, the Bratstvo (Brotherhood) press service said on Monday.
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