Iran`s vice president emphasized on expansion of ties with Belarus. Parviz Davoudi referring to the shared potentials between Iran-Belarus asserted that Iran had no limitations for expansion of mutual ties particularly in the fields of economy and industry.

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Starting from 2008, Belarus will no longer tie its outlook for the rate of exchange of its ruble to the rate of exchange of Russia’s ruble, Interfax reported with reference to the draft guidelines of the National Bank of Belarus.

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Krzysztof Putra accompanied by the deputy head of the Senate office Romuald Lanckowski were going to Hrodna for participation in the events dedicated to the Day of Polish Armed Forces.

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In reply to the request of the Belarusian Helsinki committee (BHC) the defense ministry of the Republic of Belarus acknowledged employment of the forced labor in the transport armed forces.

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Criminal charges have been brought against the underground publisher of the “Boiki Kletsk” bulletin, democratic activist Syargei Panamarou .That happened several hours after Panamarou’s submitting an application for a picket in support for the political prisoners.

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The unregistered organization of Belarusian businessmen ”For Free Entrepreneurship” declared its intension to go on strike all over the republic .As the head of the entrepreneurs’ association Viktar Garbachiou reported to the “Nezavisymoya Gazeta” the strike is due on 1 September. The strike is caused by dominance of the checking and monitoring bodies .Their visits result in huge penalties for the entrepreneurs .The entrepreneurs are checked by the tax, sanitary and fire inspections, by the department for economic crime prevention.

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