Expert expects no significant changes in US policy regarding Belarus

Tony — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:12:42 GMT

The United States' policy regarding Belarus will not change significantly following the election of Barack Obama as US president, Belarusian political expert Vital Silitski projected.

"One should remember that the Belarus Democracy Act, adopted in 2004, was lobbied for by two senators – John McCain and Joe Biden, who was named a US vice president," Mr. Silitski said.

"Obama and McCain share approaches to Belarus, that is why no changes will be made to the US policy regarding Belarus at least at the initial stage," he said. "Enterprises were trading with the USA under Bush and, I think, they will continue doing that under Obama. Obama did not make any statements about Belarus, but those by Joe Biden are quite sufficient."

Minsk ready to cooperate with any US administration, spokesman

Tony — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:08:15 GMT

Minsk is ready to cooperate with any US administration on the basis of mutual respect and pragmatism, Andrey Papow, spokesman for the Belarusian foreign ministry, told reporters in the Belarusian capital city on Thursday, Belapan said.

Mr. Papow was asked to comment on prospects for the development of relations between Belarus and the United States following the election of Barack Obama as new US president.

"We confirm that we are ready to work with any representative of the American administration who will respect the interests of Belarus and develop Belarusian-American relations on the basis of respect by the sides for the interests of each other and pragmatism," Mr. Papow said.

to us is not necessary. At patriotic Byelorussians will soon choose that from the mobile phones made directly in Belarus. In the end of November in Minsk manufacture of devices of mark will officially open. And it will be already the second assembly manufacture of mobile phones in the country. From the beginning of year state enterprise "»Ó«¼ßónºý" already lets out phones under mark of "Evrotef Th".

As informs Onliner, recently private company LCDservice has received the certificate on assemblage of two models of Chinese phones Veon of standard GSM, one of which assumes presence of two sim cards. From t...

At Sinowal hundred thousand victims

Tony — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:56:09 GMT

One more acknowledgement of is received that the personal information on the Internet is protected insufficiently reliably. As informs Lenta.ru referring to the Air Forces, by means of Trojan program Sinowal unknown malefactors could receive the information on 270 thousand bank accounts and 240 thousand bank cards. It is supposed, that this program has been developed in Russia or the Eastern Europe.

For the first time Sinowal has been found out by experts on safety from company RSA in February, 2006. For this time with its help data from two thousand domains have been stolen. Inhabitants of the USA, the Great Britain, Australia and Poland became victims of cibercriminals.

That Sinowal has got on th...

Bate has taken offence at the fans

Tony — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:50:14 GMT

Football club BATE is intended to take measures that the tickets intended to the Belarus fans did not come into the hands of admirers of commands-contenders. The situation on a match of League of champions with Petersburg "Zenith" at Minsk stadium "Dynamo" became on November, 5th an occasion to such decision. We will remind, people of Borisov have lost to the champion of Russia of 2007 and the owner of the Supercup of UEFA of 2008 with the account 0:2.

In circulation to fans on official BATE site ascertains, that «fans of the Russian command at stadium was much more, than by it it has been allocated tickets and admissions i...

Medvedev wishes to make the Russian rouble the international settlement currency

Tony — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:40:57 GMT

In the annual message on November, 5th the president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev has declared to Federal meeting necessity «to undertake practical steps on strengthening of a role of rouble as one of the international settlement currencies and, at last, to begin transition to calculations in roubles».

According to D.Medvedeva, transition to calculations in roubles is necessary first of all for gas and oil. «Unfortunately, we while have tightened it», — the Russian president has told.

«It is necessary to stimulate placing of new issue securities in roubles and it is desirable in the Russian market. The ultimate goal of these processes — to make rouble of one of regional currencies», — has noted D.Medvedev. The Russian leader considers, that similar actions will ...

Instead of factory in Vitebsk Bryntsalov will construct microdistrict in Moscow?

Tony — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:36:27 GMT

Russian businessman Vladimir Bryntsalov who did not have money for building of the pharmaceutical enterprise in Vitebsk, plans to erect new ultramodern microdistrict in Moscow. Project cost is estimated in 14 billion dollars. In the Belarus factory from the businessman it was required to enclose all about 60 million dollars.

Recently in Russian the Internet-smi there was an advertising «the new grandiose project« Nagatino-city »on crossing of the Warsaw highway and Nagatinsky street» in Moscow. There it is said, that its realisation is started by known Russian businessman Vladimir Bryntsalov who deduces the pharmaceutical business in Moscow suburbs. As a result on a place of shops on manufacturing of tablets and ampoules by the end of 2010 the hotel complex largest in Europe will be erected.

Each step towards to Europe considers official Minsk for two

Tony — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:29:55 GMT

It would be much more interesting to familiarise with results of meetings of the representative who has arrived to Minsk of Eurocommission Hjugo Mingarelli with Natalia Petkevich and Sergey Martynovy, but it is necessary to be content with results of conversation of the gendirrectorats assistant on external relations of Eurocommission with vice-premier Andrey Kojabkovym which has passed on November, 5th.

Mingarelli has arrived to Minsk on Monday, but "have declassified" it and have compelled the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus to give a minimum of the information on visit only on Tuesday. Yesterday the messenger of Eurocommission the Belarus opposition where has c...

Romanchuk: Russia in any case will grant to Belarus the loan

Tony — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:57:24 GMT

Decrease in a credit rating of Belarus from "stable" to "negative" will not affect in any way intention of Russia to grant to Belarus the loan. Such point of view was stated by known economist Yaroslav Romanchuk. As he said Russia is interested in granting of the credit not less the Belarus.

«With Russia we have already agreed, and Russia has caused transfer of the second part of the credit (the first will be in November) first of all to create equal conditions for the Russian goods in the Belarus market, access to privatisation», - quotes words of the economist "Eurapian rario for Belarus".

Tony — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:35:52 GMT

In this gambling house by means of slot machines businessmen deceived the clients. In total from the beginning of year tax bodies establish 69 infringements in gaming sphere. It is less than past year, however infringements become more refined.

The casino, halls of slot machines, bookmaker offices — such institutions becomes every year more and more. Demand for adrenaline increases. Hazardous people hope to grow rich, the truth, in most cases expects them loss.

The quantity of the game equipment has for the last years increased in our country in 2,5 times. Everyone can choose to itself(himself) entertainment to taste. An another matter as it will affect your pocket. Several minutes will suffice other also to leave in a hall of slot machines about 10 thousand roubles.

Someone loses a little, others leave here the whole conditions.

Dishonest owners of gambling institutions go on different shifts more to earn. The most widespread infringeme...

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