MPs support green economy development in Belarus-Russia Union State
MOSCOW, 18 May (BelTA) – Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia believe the development of the green economy in the Union State of Belarus and Russia is promising. The press service of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia made the relevant statement after a session of the Ecology, Nature Management, and Emergency Management Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia in Moscow on 18 May, BelTA has learned.
Members of the Union State parliament were informed about prospects of development of the green economy. Participants of the session of the Ecology, Nature Management, and Emergency Management Commission mentioned the importance of joint Belarusian-Russian efforts to shape an economic model that will be geared towards preserving natural assets and reducing the harmful impact on the world. The MPs noted i
Opinion: NATO is intent on changing the balance of strategic forces in the region
Piotr Petrovsky. An archive photo
MINSK, 13 May (BelTA) – The NATO bloc is intent on changing the balance of strategic forces in the region, BelTA learned from Piotr Petrovsky, an expert with the Belarusian public association Belaya Rus.
Piotr Petrovsky said: “The decision to set up a NATO base was not made yesterday. It was made back when Trump was the president. We remember the Fort Trump idea. We remember that amid the Ukrainian crisis the Polish government took every effort to lobby for militarizing its territory, increasing NATO funding for rearming the army, expanding the NATO contingent, and for creating an American military base in Poland. This decision was made back in Trump s days and we see that it is being implemented.”
Work on Belarus-Russia integration documents in full swing
Roman Golovchenko
MINSK, 28 April (BelTA) – The Belarusian side has initialed and sent 26 draft Union State programs on integration to the Russian side. Two more documents are still in the pipeline. Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko mentioned it as he met with Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin, BelTA has learned.
Roman Golovchenko said: “We continue working on the package of integration documents. On 23 April we handed over 26 draft Union State programs the Belarusian side had initialed to the Russian side. It is a huge amount of work that the relevant government agencies have done. Two programs of the Union State of Belarus and Russia are still in the pipeline. In line with the instruction you and I have given deputy prime ministers supervise the work and continue constructive negotiations on these matters. I am convinced that all the necessary solutions will be found in the interests of both sides.
Number of cybercrimes in Belarus up by ten times in last five years
MOSCOW, 27 April (BelTA) – The number of crimes committed using computer systems and the Internet increased by more than ten times in Belarus in the last five years. Prosecutor General of Belarus Andrei Shved made the statement a session of the joint collegium of the prosecutor general s offices of Belarus and Russia in Moscow on 27 April, BelTA has learned.
According to the source, cybercrimes accounted for over one fourth of all the crimes committed in Belarus in 2020. Most of them were thefts. Not only organizations but citizens, particularly unprotected population strata and pensioners, suffered at the hands of the criminals. Cyber thefts undermine trust in banks and require serious measures to plug holes in their security systems.
No Russian military base in Belarus discussed during Lukashenko s latest meeting with Putin
NAROVLYA DISTRICT, 26 April (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko talked to reporters in Narovlya District, Gomel Oblast on 24 April and mentioned the development of manufacturing cooperation was one of the key items on the agenda of his recent negotiations with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Moscow, BelTA has learned.
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted: “We talked about concrete things. We should use manufacturing cooperation in order to revitalize many enterprises. It is what integration is all about: get down to earth and do what we extremely need today. Nobody will ever support us. The present reality testifies to that: Russia faces sanctions and so do we. It is only the beginning. They are going to choke us a lot.”