23.11.2007Belarus, Venezuela plan to sign agreement on trade and economic cooperation
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko approved a draft inter-governmental agreement between the Republic of Belarus and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on trade and economic cooperation.

23.11.2007ArcelorMittal increases stake in China Oriental
ArcelorMittal, the worlds largest steelmaker is looking to raise its stake in China Oriental Group, which could make it the first foreign company to control a Chinese steel producer.

23.11.2007Putin and Prodi seal deal on the South Stream gas pipeline
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi to Moscow to discuss a number of trade issues including the construction of a major new gas pipeline from Russia to Southern Europe.

23.11.2007Final encore for choreographer Maurice Bejart
ne of the greats of contemporary dance, French choreographer Maurice Bejart has died, aged 80. A former dancer, Bejart had been in hospital frequently recently, suffering from kidney and heart problems and exhaustion. After dancing for the Royal Swedish Ballet and the Ballet de l'Etoile, he formed his own company - the Ballet of the 20th Century in 1957.

22.11.2007"Coordinated acts of sabotage."
"Coordinated acts of sabotage." That is how France's state-owned railway is describing arson and vandal attacks on its network.

22.11.2007Green corridors for EU starting at five billion euros
Cross-border, environment-friendly transportation projects head the EU's list of 30 major endeavors on which it plans to spend more than five billion euros out of its 2007-2013 budget.

22.11.2007Oil moves in on the 100 dollars a barrel mark
Oil prices continue to rise and closed near the 100 dollars a barrel milestone while the US currency remains weak.US light, sweet crude hit 99.29 dollars in Asian trading and London Brent crude rose 50 cents to close to 96 dollars a barrel.

21.11.2007Walkout resumes at Russian Ford plant
Workers at a Ford production plant in Russia have resumed a strike, demanding higher salaries. A court order banning a walk-out earlier this month expired at midnight. Shortly afterwards about 500 staff at the site in St. Petersburg refused to pass the picket line.

21.11.2007British government loses personal data of 25m
The British government had admitted 'mislaying' the personal details of 25 million people, exposing them to possible identity fraud and bank theft. The family details and bank account numbers of adults in the country with children under 16 were on two computer discs lost in transit between government offices.

21.11.2007Russia completing talks on gas supplies to Ukraine, Baltics
Russia is completing talks on natural gas supplies until 2011 to Ukraine and the Baltic states and hopes to avoid problems on New Year's eve, a first deputy prime minister said Tuesday.

21.11.2007U.S. issues invitations for Mideast peace conference
WASHINGTON, November 21 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S. State Department has announced that 49 countries and institutions have been invited to a Mideast peace conference set for November 27 in Annapolis, Maryland.

21.11.2007Leviev Group set to invest in Belarus’ civil engineering, tourism, pharmaceuticals
Israeli Leviev Group of Companies intends to invest in the Belarusian civil engineering, tourism, and pharmaceutical industry, the press service of the President of Belarus told BelTA after Alexander Lukashenko met with the head of Leviev Group of Companies.

21.11.2007Belarus always attaches great importance to relations with Latvia, Valery Voronetsky says
Belarus always attaches great importance to the relations with Latvia, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Valery Voronetsky noted during a solemn reception devoted to the national holiday of that country – the Proclamation of the Republic.

21.11.2007Every day Belarus puts $1mn into cushioning Chernobyl impact
The assignments equivalent to $1billion 600 million have been allocated from the national budget of Belarus to implement the 2006-2010 state programme to cushion the impact of the Chernobyl consequences. Thus, every day Belarus assigns $1 million to mitigate the Chernobyl impact, Vladimir Tsalko, Deputy Emergencies Minister of Belarus, stated during a session of the UN General Assembly, BelTA has been told in the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.

21.11.2007Russian company Nutritek wants to inject $25 million into upgrade of Volkovysk-based Bellakt Co.
Russian company Nutritek, which was visited by Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky on November 20, offers to inject $25 million into the technical upgrade of the Volkovysk-based Bellakt Co. The statement to this effect was made by Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nutritek Group Georgy Sazhenov.