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| Representatives of the Vietnamese parliamentary delegation highly appreciate Belarus’ defense potential. The Vietnamese deputies intend to promote the bilateral cooperation in the defense industry area, Chairman of the Defense and Security Commission of Vietnam’s National Assembly Le Quang Binh noted after his meeting with Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belarus Sergei Zabolotets. The Vietnamese parliamentary delegation has been arrived in Belarus on a visit. >>> |
| The Belarusian embassy has opened in Venezuela. According to charge d’affaires ad interim of Belarus to Venezuela Vladimir Grushevich, relations between the two countries have been rapidly developing. Belarus and Venezuela are strategic partners.
The countries have laid a solid foundation of the bilateral relations in political, economic sci-tech, cultural and educational spheres.
In the last few years Venezuela has been dynamically developing with its GDP growing by about 8-9% a year. >>> |
| The exhibition Modern Fine Art of Belarus has opened in Warsaw. Attending the opening ceremony were painters, Belarusian and foreign diplomats, representatives of Belarusian diaspora and other guests.
The exhibition features works by Viktor Alshevsky, Pavel Ameliusik, Andrei Savich, Pavel Zhuravlev. A quartet of the State Chamber Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus performed at the event.
The Belarusian consulates often organize various events promoting Belarusian culture in Poland, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Poland Pavel Latushko told BelTA. >>> |
| The Ciurlionis National Art School will represent the works of its students in Minsk. The exhibition Letters to Friends: Vilnius –Minsk will be held in Minsk State Art College on December 4-18, BelTA learnt in the Lithuanian Embassy in Belarus.
The exposition will feature painting and graphic art from school’s stocks. The works were created by students aged 14-18 years old in 1977-2007. The young artists depicted the Vilnius views, species of architecture, streets and squares of the Lithuanian capital. >>> |
| Belarus’ national exhibition in Venezuela, scheduled for December 7-9, will feature products made by the Belarusian mass media industry, books and other printing products, BelTA learnt from Olga Zaitseva, the chief of the office of foreign links of the print media department of the Information Ministry of Belarus.
Exhibition visitors will see the leading state public-political editions of Belarus. >>> |
| Over the last eight years the Sovereign Military Order of Malta has given over ˆ7 million to Belarus as aid for alleviating consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe, Paul Friedrich von Fuhrherr, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Belarus, told BelTA.
Medical supplies and medications are sent to children’s homes, boarding schools, and hospitals in the Gomel, Mogilev, Vitebsk and Grodno oblasts. >>> |
| In Belarus measures must be taken soon to make all negligent parents fully reimburse the government’s money spent on childcare. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko gave the instruction at the seminar for executives of national and local state administration bodies on November 30.
The head of state was told, in order to make the parents repay the money they owe to the government around 25,000 suits had been filed with courts, with only 20% of the suits satisfied. >>> |
| In 2008, members of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus (FTUB) will be granted a 10% off for the goods and services produced by the companies of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus, BelTA learnt from FTUB Chairman Leonid Kozik ahead of a seminar of top officials of the national and local state bodies.
“Regular members of the trade unions often ask a question as to what benefits the trade union membership can give. >>> |
| With a view to expanding the product line and increase the quality of products the companies processing agriculture products will implement more than 50 investment projects at the sum of more than Br400 billion by 2010, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said when speaking at a nationwide seminar for seniour officials of the national and local authorities.
The head of government noted the necessity to upgrade the companies of the packing, potato-processing, meat and dairy, grain processing and bakery industries in small and medium-sized towns. >>> |
| In 2008, the capacities of the juice-making facilities of Belarus will increase by 440 million standard cans as new lines are sent in service at six facilities, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said when speaking at a nationwide seminar for seniour officials of the national and local authorities.
According to the Prime Minister, there are all possibilities to substitute imports of juice, 60% of which come from the neighbouring countries. >>> |
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