| 06.01.2009 |
| The Christmas holiday brings great happiness to millions of Christians, teaches them to live in unity, peace and concord, follow the moral canons and act according to the rules of the truth and humanism, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in a message of congratulations to the Orthodox Christians on the occasion of the Christmas holiday which is celebrated on January 7, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. |
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| 06.01.2009 |
| On January 6, all Russian, Georgian, Serbian and Jerusalem churches as well as holy monasteries on the Mount Athos will start Christmas divine services. The all-night vigil that is due at 6p.m. at the Minsk Holy Spirit Cathedral will be headed by Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarch Exarch for All Belarus Filaret, BelTA informs.
Christmas is the second important Orthodox holiday following Easter. |
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| 05.01.2009 |
| Opening the 5th Christmas International Ice Hockey Tournament at the Minsk Palace of Sports on January 4, Belarusian Head of State Alexander Lukashenko stressed that despite its historical youth the tournament has already become popular and achieved recognition in the country as well as abroad, BelTA informed.
“The major goal of the tournament is the popularization and development of the ice hockey and involvement of a greater number of people in it. |
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| 31.12.2008 |
| The accommodation for 631 families who live in shabby houses or houses that are in a dangerous condition will be built in Belarus in 2009, BelTA learnt from the housing construction department of the Belarusian Ministry of Construction and Architecture.
The total area of the housing to be put in operation is 37.4 thousand square meters. In the Brest oblast 95 families will get new apartments, in the Vitebsk oblast – 60, in the Gomel oblast – 80, in the Grodno oblast 120, in the Minsk oblast – 70, in the Mogilev oblast – 100, in the city of Minsk – 106. |
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| 31.12.2008 |
| President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko believes that it is necessary to give more freedom to act to heads of companies, allowing them to use creative approaches for the benefit of the country.
At a session of the Mogilev oblast administration on December 31 the head of state underscored that it is necessary to scrap the tactics of thoughtless administration, red-tape practices in decision-making in rapidly changing economic situations. |
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| 30.12.2008 |
| The Belarusian Transport and Communication Ministry is taking additional measures to improve the financial status of international trucking companies in view of the global financial crisis, Transport and Communication Minister Vladimir Sosnovsky told media on December 30.
“It is wrong to say that the crisis has drastically affected international trucking companies. Naturally the falling trade turnover reduced the demand for transport services, which affected the financial standing of companies. |
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| 30.12.2008 |
| The President of Belarus has submitted the bill “On amnesty in connection with the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis”, BelTA has learnt from the presidential press service.
The amnesty is actively discussed in the Belarusian society. The amnesty laws act as an instrument of public assistance to the convicts who have taken the correct path.
The possible amnesty was touched upon during the recent interview of Alexander Lukashenko to the heads of Belarus’ major mass media. |
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| 29.12.2008 |
| The next year will be the Year of Native Land in Belarus. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed the relevant decree on December 29, the press service of the head of state told BelTA.
The Year of Native Land will contribute to preserving and increasing the national spiritual and cultural legacy, historical legacy and natural riches of the country, original traditions of the Belarusian nation, and inspiring the youth with love for the Fatherland. |
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| 24.12.2008 |
| Belarusian Head of State Alexander Lukashenko has congratulated the Christians of Belarus celebrating Christmas on December 25, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service.
“This wonderful family holiday warmed by love and concord gives millions of people confidence and hope. “Such festive days heighten the permanence of eternal evangelic messages, simple and great at the same time. In the complicated and controversial time we are living in, the humankind needs high ideals of justice, self-sacrifice and compassion which Christianity has been promoting more than two thousand years already,” the message reads. |
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| 24.12.2008 |
| A leasing company will be set up in Belarus, Economy Minister Nikolai Zaichenko said at a session of the Council of Ministers on December 23, BelTA informs.
It is one of the anti-crisis measures that are to be implemented in H1 2009. A leasing company will help advance Belarusian goods to the foreign market.
The Economy Minister informed the participants of the session on a planned reconsideration of the National Bank’s decision to cancel upfront payments. |
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