MINSK, 3 May (BelTA) – Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko made several personnel decisions on 2 May, the press service of the Belarusian head of state told BelTA. The head of state appointed: Nikolai Nikolayevich Borisevich Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to Netherlands, Resident Representative of the Republic of Belarus in the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (concurrent accreditation); Stanislav Vladimirovich...

MINSK, 25 April (BelTA) – Belarus has approved the list of the key investment projects for implementation in 2014. The Council of Ministers adopted the relevant Decree No.380 on 23 April 2014, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Belarusian government. “The list includes 22 investment projects that will be implemented, first of all, in the production sector of the economy, i.e. chemical and food industry, railway and aviation transport, construction and agricultural...

MINSK, 16 April (BelTA) – The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus decided to reduce the country’s refinance rate by 1 percentage point to 22.5% on 16 April. The relevant decision has been adopted by the Board of the central Bank and enshrined in Resolution No.217 of 4 April 2014, BelTA has learnt. According to the National Bank, the reduction of the country’s main interest rate is triggered by objective reasons. “Today there is an opportunity to reduce the...

MINSK, 8 April (BelTA) – The Government of Belarus included the power grid linkup construction project of the Belarusian power nuclear plant into the list of investment projects which technological equipment and components are exempted from customs import duties and VAT. The decision is contained in Council of Ministers’ Resolution No.314 of 4 April 2014, BelTA learnt from the government’s press service. The resolution "expands the list of investment projects...