Section: BelTA (Belarus)
BCCI: Belarus, Ukraine will continue economic cooperation
“In January-October Belarus’ export to Ukraine was at the same level as a year earlier, while the export of Ukrainian goods to the Belarusian market has dropped significantly. Naturally, our Ukrainian partners are not happy about this situation, and today we will discuss what we can do to continue mutual cooperation and to support...
Makei: Ukraine crisis triggered unprecedented tensions in Europe
The tragic events in Ukraine provoked unprecedented tensions in Europe, the biggest in the past decades, and heightened long-standing disagreements, Belarus’ Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said at the plenary session of the OSCE annual Ministerial Council in Basel. …read more Source:...
Domracheva wins women’s 15K individual in Sweden
The Belarusian took her 20th World Cup victory in 46:43.6 with two penalties. She finished 27.9 seconds ahead of Finland’s Kaisa Makarainen, also with two penalties. Ukraine’s clean-shooting Valentina Semerenko was third, 38.1 seconds back. …read more Source:...
Norway’s Svendsen wins men’s 20K individual, Belarus’ Chepelin 47th
Svendsen’s strong performance on the tracks and brilliant clean shooting left no chances for his rivals on the night clocking 53:25.6 for the victory. That put him 1:17.6 ahead of second place Sergei Semenov of Ukraine with one penalty. Third went to Michal Slesingr of the Czech Republic, also with a single penalty, 2:08.3 back. …read...
Khatskevich named head coach of Belarus national football team
Georgy Kondratyev took the decision to leave following his team’s bad start in the Euro 2016 qualifying tournament. In Group C the Belarusians played in a draw (1-1) in Luxemburg and suffered three defeats in a row: 0-2 against Ukraine, 1-3 against Slovakia and 0-3 against Spain. Andrei Zygmantovich, Georgy Kondratyev’s assistant,...
FM: Belarus, if necessary, can host meeting on Ukraine crisis within hours
“The amount of time we need is minimum. It is hours, not days,” said Dmitry Mironchik. …read more Source:...
Minsk to host CIS Open Cup – World Cup Taekwondo ITF 5-7 December
Competing in the event will be athletes from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Finland, and Estonia. …read more Source:...
Lukashenko calls to stop violence in Ukraine
“Firing in residential areas where civilian population live is unacceptable,” the Belarusian leader said. …read more Source:...
Minsk 2014 competition receives applications from 11 countries
Performers aged under 30 have come to the Belarusian capital from Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, the UK, Morocco, Latvia, China, Moldova, Belgium and France. A big part of contestants will represent Belarus. …read more Source:...
Four Ukrainian companies join Gomel-Raton free economic zone in 2014
Currently, the Gomel-Raton administration is in talks with some other representatives of Ukrainian business. Companies from other countries also show interest in Belarus. For example, a major project with a Polish company to produce furniture for IKEA is in the final stage of negotiations. The investor plans to buy out production site No. 2 from...
