Topic: Economics
Prices are European. But what about salaries and pensions?
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9:47, — Economics
Alyaksandr Lukashenka touched a problem of prices during his visit to the Hrodna region. He said agricultural products prices would grow.
Belarusian officials made Gazprom laugh
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8:41, — Economics
Belarus has worked out the budget 2009 based on Russian gas price of 140 dollars per 1,000 cu m and hopes Gazprom will approve this price. Vice-premier Andrei Kabyakou said it.
Belarusbank – hazardous credit game
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9:38, — Economics
Belarusbank is looking for a foreign investor. The reason is complicated situation of the biggest Belarusian bank, which can’t pay off its creditors.
Government plans to ‘deal with’ loss-making private companies
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12:02, — Economics
First Vice Prime minister of Belarus Uladzimer Syamashka is set to “deal with” private loss-making enterprises.
Leanid Rusak: “Pay of dairymaids is less than 250-300,000 Br a months”
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8:29, — Economics
In a few weeks before his vacation of a position Agriculture Minister of Belarus Leanid Rusak had written a critical article on the policy of the state at the pages of “Belorusskaya Niva” newspaper.
Lukashenka: “Beer is not a health hazard”
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13:16, — Economics
Alyaksandr Lukashenka counts on mutually beneficial cooperation with Heineken N.V. company.
Government can’t keep prices down
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9:31, — Economics
Many requests on reviewing of price and index policy in certain branches of economy lay in the Ministry of Economy and the Council of Ministers for over a month. A list of ministries and their proposals impress.
Struggle against import unfolds in Belarus
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16:32, — Economics
All imported purchases in Belarus should be well grounded. Zyanon Lomats, chairman of the State Control Committee (SCC) said it in Minsk.
Is new record to be faked?
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15:56, — Economics
Alyaksandr Lukashenka has demanded the government to take measures necessary for receiving at least 7.8 mln tons of grain. Are these agriculture goals realistic?
Electricity rates rise due to problems in economy
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12:21, — Economics
Proposals on increase in utility rates by means of raising of energy rates for population have been prepared in Belarus.
Negative trade balance with Russia may achieve 12 billion dollars
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16:55, — Economics
Trade balance with Russia is getting worse for Belarus in arithmetic progression. If the negative balance amounted to 1.026,008 billion dollars in January, it is 1.996,2 billion dollars following the result of January – February. As PRIME-TASS notes, minus in trade with Russia may reach 12 billion dollars at such rates.
Stanislau Bahdankevich: “Bargain sale of Belarusian banks begins”
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12:13, — Economics
External debts of Belarusian banks reached three billion dollar for the first time.
Government again raises prices of socially important goods
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16:32, — Economics
Limit factory prices of wheat flour, bread and bakery, milk, kefir, sour cream, quark, beef and pork have been increased in Belarus since 1 April.
Real unemployment rate in Belarus not less than 15 per cent
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13:42, — Economics
The Ministry of Statistics and Analyse of Belarus said the unemployment rate in the country amounts to 1.1 per cent of economically stable population (last year unemployment level was 1.2 per cent). Independent experts think these figures are incorrect.
Belarus and Russia didn’t agree: gas prising formula remains the same
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15:47, — Economics
Gas price for Belarus is formed according to pricing formula, dependent on cost of oil products in Europe.
Will Lukashenka declare New Economic Policy?
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13:42, — Economics
An attempt of Belarusian economic model to avoid shocking therapy has faced a foreign energy shock.
Price for Russian gas may amount to 200 dollars this year
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8:33, — Economics
The Belarusian authorities continue to hope for reviewing of gas prices. Cost of gas purchased from Gazprom will be discussed today on the sidelines of the sitting of the Council of Ministers of the “union state.”
GAZ and KAMAZ to buy MAZ
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17:11, — Economics
Belarusian Government will discuss the corporization of the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) with GAZ Group and KAMAZ in the nearest time.
Russia to increase oil export tax
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16:39, — Economics
Russia will increase oil export tax up to USD 340.1 per ton from 1 April. This decision was approved by the Government of the Russian Federation.
Minsk indignant at Moscow’s decision to ban grain delivery
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13:56, — Economics
A temporal ban on grain delivery to the Customs Union countries has come in force. Russia has imposed this ban bewaring of re-export in conditions of low grain reserves in the country. Belarus was the first to react to this decision.
Belarus’ foreign debt grown almost twofold
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10:47, — Economics
Joint foreign debt of Belarus for January 1, 2008 was $12.719 billion dollars. It has grown by 87.4% ($5.932 billion) over 2007, the statistic report of the National bank of Belarus informs.
Investments from offshore go to Belarus
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16:38, — Economics
One of the tendencies that have become noticeable over the last years in attracting foreign investment to Belarusian economy is growth of investments from offshore areas.
Negative balance of trade with Russia increased 3.4-fold during a month
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15:30, — Economics
The shocking data on trade with Russia were released by the Belarusian Ministry of Statistics and Analyse.
Gazprom to increase gas prices
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8:42, — Economics
Average price for Russian gas can seriously grow for Europe and the CIS countries.
Price of Russian gas to be discussed narrow-format meeting
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13:11, — Economics
Price for gas for Belarus in the second quarter of 2008 can be determined at the session of the “union” Council of Ministers on 21 March.
Deputy head of presidential administration: “We are coming to deadlock”
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12:09, — Economics
“We are coming to the deadlock,” Alyaksandr Papkou, deputy head of presidential administration, stated.
Russia won’t abandon export dues for Belarus
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11:25, — Economics
The government of Russia has introduced for consideration by the State Duma the draft law on trade and economic balance adjustment measures in the sphere of oil and oil products export.
Taxes Raised for Rebellious Individual Entrepreneurs
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9:29, — Economics
Recently in different regions of Belarus tax rate for individual entrepreneurs started to be raised.
Israeli Business Won’t Invest to Belarus
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8:31, — Economics
Israeli- Belarusian economic relations are not at a proper level. This opinion has been expressed by tFirst secretary of Israeli embassy to Belarus Igal Koyfman.
Russian Finance Ministry: Belarusian Economy’s Subsidizing Finished
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12:01, — Economics
Russia in fact subsidized the economy of Belarus by cheap gas deliveries in recent years, as “issues of oil export duties at resale of oil products by Belarus haven’t been solved”, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Shatalov stated today in the State Duma.
