| 18.11.2007 |
| President plays ice hockey game with team of Brest region |
| The Minsk Palace of Sports has played host to an ice hockey match between the teams of the President of the Republic of Belarus and Brest region as part of the first national amateur ice hockey competition for the prizes of the Presidential Sports Club.
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| 17.11.2007 |
| Alexander Lukashenko condoles with Bangladesh President Iajuddin Ahmed on numerous casualties caused by tropical cyclone |
| On behalf of the Belarusian people and personally, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has offered condolences to the President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Iajuddin Ahmed, and to the families and relatives of the victims claimed by the recent tropical cyclone.
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| 17.11.2007 |
| Official letters of thanks given to professionals in manufacturing, education, culture, mass media and military men |
| Official letters of thanks of the President of the Republic of Belarus have been given to some professionals of the manufacturing industry, education, culture, mass media representatives and servicemen. The relevant Executive Order was signed by the Head of State on 15 November.
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| 14.11.2007 |
| President approves Resolution on providing humanitarian aid to Moldova |
| On 13 November, the President of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, approved the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of Belarus on providing humanitarian aid to the Republic of Moldova to the tune of $100,000 as Moldova is struggling to overcome the consequences of a drought. |
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| 13.11.2007 |
| Belarus needs to try hard to achieve bigger GDP figures |
| With today’s demand for Belarusian products, it is necessary to try hard to achieve much bigger GDP figures than those proposed by the Government in their forecasts, said the President of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, at today’s meeting focused on the results of the socio-economic development of Belarus over 9 months of 2007 and on the drafts of the socio-economic development forecast, national budget and basic guidelines of the monetary and credit policy of Belarus for 2008.
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| 13.11.2007 |
| President signs Decree No 565 "On Certain Measures Relating to the Construction of a Nuclear Power Plant" |
| On 12 November, the President of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, signed Decree No 565 “On Certain Measures Relating to the Construction of a Nuclear Power Plant”.
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| 12.11.2007 |
| Budget performance is in strict conformity with Law on Budget and presidential decrees |
| Ten months of the current year have seen the stable performance of the national and local budgets for 2007 in terms of both revenues and expenditures, Nikolai Korbut, the Minister of Finance of Belarus, told President Alexander Lukashenko on 12 November.
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| 12.11.2007 |
| President meets with Chairman of the Board of the National Bank to receive his report |
| On 12 November, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko met with Pyotr Prokopovich, the Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Belarus, to receive his report.
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| 12.11.2007 |
| President greets participants of the 2nd Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia of the CIS Member States |
| The President of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has sent greetings to the participants of the 2nd Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia of the CIS Member States.
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Ten months of the current year have seen the stable performance of the national and local budgets for 2007 in terms of both revenues and expenditures, Nikolai Korbut, the Minister of Finance of Belarus, told President Alexander Lukashenko on 12 November.
The Minister of Finance informed the President that the fulfilment of the main national financial document – the national budget – has been in strict conformity with the Law on Budget and relevant presidential decrees.
The appropriate financing of all social programmes has made it possible to increase salaries, pensions and social benefits in Belarus. The social support of the population has been backed by the necessary amount of resources.
The Head of State has confirmed the necessity of meeting all the planned targets this year. He emphasized the need for the unconditional fulfilment of all the special-purpose programmes.
Alexander Lukashenko attached special attention to the principle of effective spending. The President stressed that money must not lay idly on bank accounts. It rather must be invested in the projects that can spur economic progress and bring about solutions to social problems.
The Head of State also stressed that the chiefs of all ministries, agencies and regional executive committees should timely meet their financial obligations like tax payments and repaying loans and credits.
The meeting also considered some other issues including those related to the use of financial resources and work with the banking system. |
