26.11.2007CSTO, Russia sign agreement on terms of deployment of CSTO Joint Staff Headquarters in Russia On November 26, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Government of the Russian Federation signed an agreement on the terms of deployment of the CSTO Joint Staff Headquarters on the territory of Russia. The document was signed by CSTO General Secretary Nikolai Bordiuzha and First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Andrei Denisov, BelTA learnt in the press service of the CSTO secretariat.
26.11.2007Bobruiskagromash concludes new contracts for baling machine export to Russia Bobruiskagromash has concluded new contracts for export of 100,000 baling machines to the Russian Federation to the total tune of $9 million, BelTA learnt in the Bobruiskagromash marketing department.
26.11.2007MTZ accomplishes Belarusian-Slovenian project worth €6m Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ) has accomplished a Belarusian-Slovenian investment project worth around €6 million. The company commissioned a new line of processing centres supplied by Slovenian engineering company Riko. With the cutting-edge European equipment available, MTZ will be able to reduce prime costs and will increase the processing precision of components manufactured for powerful tractors.
23.11.2007Turkmen president, Russian PM expected to talk gas price Friday The Turkmen president and the Russian prime minister are expected to discuss the price for Turkmen natural gas in 2008 at their meeting on Friday in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan.
23.11.2007Russian police treat North Caucasus bus blast as terrorist attack Russian police are treating the explosion which killed at least five people and injured 13 on a bus in the country's North Caucasus region on Thursday as a terrorist attack, a police source said on Friday.
23.11.2007Georgian parliament approves new PM, Cabinet Georgia's parliament gave their backing to Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze in a vote of confidence on Thursday, and approved a new Cabinet.
23.11.2007Kaliningrad oblast wants to increase import of construction materials made by Grodno companies The Kaliningrad oblast shows interest in increasing supplies of construction materials from the Grodno region, Tamara Kuzyaeva, the governor’s plenipotentiary in the Kaliningrad Oblast Duma, said on November 22 when visiting the Grodno oblast executive committee. On November 22 a delegation of the Kaliningrad oblast of Russia arrived in the Grodno oblast for a two-day visit.
23.11.2007Chinese corporations participate in implementing $1bln worth of projects in Belarus The Chinese corporations are participating in implementing $1bln worth of projects in Belarus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the People’s Republic of China Anatoly Tozik said on November 22 during a meeting between first secretary of the Changchun committee of the Communist Party of China Gao Guangbin and an official delegation of the Minsk City Council. The meeting was held within the framework of the Days of Minsk in Changchun.
23.11.2007MTS to keep investments in network development at $140m in 2008 Next year Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) plans to preserve the volume of investments poured into the network development at this year’s level — roughly $140 million, MTS Acting Deputy Director General for Marketing Vadim Tatianenko told a press conference on November 22.
23.11.2007Lebanese investors ready to construct first-class hotels and housing in Belarus Lebanese investors are interested in such promising spheres of the Belarusian economy as construction and reconstruction of real estate. It concerns the construction of first-class hotels and elite housing, offices and amusement centers, BelTA learnt from Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Syria and Lebanon on concurrent Vladimir Lopato-Zagorsky.
23.11.2007Export of companies of Belarus’ Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs to Moscow to hit $400 mln in 2007 In 2007, the export of companies of Belarus’ Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs to Moscow will reach $400 million, or 20% up as against 2006, BelTA learnt from Yakov Pustoshilo, the head of the foreign economic activity department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs of Belarus.
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.