Belarus: new greenhouse complex 02/22/2007 - 19:48 / freshplaza.com Warsaw - The greenhouse company "Zhdanovichi" (created in 1959) located in the Minsk region will have the first harvest of domestic tomatoes before April. Vegetables are grown in the new complex of energy saving greenhouses built last year using Dutch technology on area of 7 hectares for almost 17 million ?.
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Belarus Opens its Market for Russian Cigarettes 02/22/2007 - 14:58 / Kommersant Beginning from April 1, Belarusian market might be opened for unlimited import of cigarettes produced in Russia. Canceling the quotas on cigarette import to Belarus is one of the conditions of Moscow-Minsk bilateral agreement which might be signed already on March 1. comments: 0
Belarus Needs over $500mln to Switch to Differentiated Electricity Consumption Billing 02/22/2007 - 14:57 / National Legal Portal Over $500 million is needed for the transit to a differentiated electricity consumption billing system, Belarus first vice premier Vladimir Semashko said at today’s on-site session of the commission for improving the competitive ability of the national economy in Vitebsk. The session tables the introduction of Belarus-made automated systems designed to control and meter the consumption of electricity by households. comments: 0
Communal Utilities Prices Raise More than Lukashenka Promises 02/22/2007 - 13:01 / charter97.org Ministry of statistics and analysis of Belarus confirmed that tariffs for communal-general services to the population had increased in January once again. Quantitative analysis of the payments shows that the increase was much higher than that promised by the government and head of the Belarusian state. Alyaksadr Lukashenka promised in public that the communal payments raise in the course of 2007 would not exceed 5 dollars. But in the first month this indicator was surpassed. comments: 0
Head of foreign ministry of Belarus Sergei Martynov to visit India 02/22/2007 - 12:35 / law.by On February 22-23, foreign minister of Belarus Sergei Martynov will visit the Republic of India, BelTA was told in the press service of the Belarusian foreign political department. In New Delhi Sergei Martynov will meet with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee, commerce minister Kamal Nath and Indian businessmen ready to extend cooperation with Belarus. comments: 0
Belarus boosts diamond imports 22% in 2006 02/22/2007 - 12:27 / interfax.com Belarus boosted rough diamond imports 22.4% in 2006 compared with 2005 to 62,251 carats, the Belarussian
Finance Ministry told Interfax. Imports in value fell, by 20% to $17.269 million. Belarus imported 22,157 carats for $6.614 million in the fourth quarter, up 52.3% from the third quarter. comments: 0
