Six milk whey processing plants will be set up in Belarus in 2008-2009, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky told reporters on April 11 during his visit to the Gomel oblast.
Today, Premier Sergei Sidorsky informed the President that this year’s spring fieldwork would be financed in full volume. Br 2.17 billion will be allocated to purchase fertilisers, fuel, new equipment, to repair the old equipment, and for other purposes.
Belarus’ construction industry development programme has been valued at Br6 trillion, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky stated during his visit to Obol Pottery on April 4.
A protocol on trade and economic, sci-tech and cultural cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the Government of Khabarovsk Krai, the Russian Federation, for 2008-2010 was signed in Minsk on April 1.
On April 1, 2008, Belarus increases the crude oil export duty from $333.8 to $340.1 per tonne. The Council of Ministers issued relevant resolution No. 476 on March 28.
The Government of Belarus is replacing tough administrative regulation of the economy with a wider use of economic methods in order to achieve the results set for 2008, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said at a session of the Council of Ministers of Belarus on March 26.
Belarus will provide humanitarian aid to Tajikistan. The Council of Ministers of Belarus passed relevant Resolution No. 430.
The Industry Ministry of Belarus and Korea’s carmakers are discussing the cooperation prospects, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said at a meeting with representatives of the Korean companies on March 24.
Belarus and Russia will accelerate their integration despite the volatilities on the world financial market, head of the Belarusian government Sergei Sidorsky said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov.
On March 20, the Government of Belarus and International Finance Cooperation signed an agreement on the IFC Office in Belarus. The document was signed by Andrei Kobyakov, the Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus, and Declan Duff, the IFC Vice President responsible for the Europe and Central Asia regions.