Belarus

Shoeboxes filled with sweets

YOUNGSTERS have been busy collecting festive goodies for children less fortunate than themselves. Mendip Green First School pupils have been filling shoeboxes to put a smile on some faces this Christmas. They have been working...

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Bez Granits (No Borders): new anarchist newspaper for the Baltic region

On November 7, 2009 (Nestor Makhno's birthday anniversary) a new anarchist newspaper, Bez Granits ("without borders" / "no limits") published its debut issue - 12 black and red pages which were prepared by the collective which...

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Speedy Entry to WTO Sought

Russia remains committed to joining the World Trade Organization and wants to complete membership talks as quickly as possible, alone or with trade partners Belarus and Kazakhstan, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday.

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Belarus c.bank to cut rates by 50 bps from Dec 1

MINSK, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Belarus' central bank has decided to cut the refinancing rate by 50 basis points to 13.5 percent effective from Dec. 1, the president's press service said in a statement on Thursday, citing the head of...

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IMF reaches staff-level agreement with Belarus

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it reached a staff-level agreement with Belarus, bringing it a step closer to the release of about $700 million in aid. IMF said its executive...

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Bulgaria PM Borisov Praises Ukraine Flu Mercy Medics

Bulgaria PM Boyko Borisov officially received on Thursday the team from the Military Medical Academy (VMA) that had earlier returned from Ukraine. He expressed his great admiration for the work they had done in their mission to...

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Sergey Ignatov Sworn In as New Bulgaria Education Minister

Sergey Ignatov has been approved by the Bulgaria Parliament to become Bulgaria's new Education, Youth and Science Minister. Finance Minister Simeon Djankov presented Ignatov's credentials to Parliament and he was sworn in soon...

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Russian court extends moratorium on death penalty

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's Constitutional Court on Thursday effectively abolished the death penalty, extending indefinitely a 13-year-old moratorium on capital punishment. Cars drive by the headquarters of...

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Bulgaria May Be 1st State Visited by New EU President Van Rompuy

Bulgaria might become the first EU state outside of Belgium to be formally visited by the newly-elected first EU President, Herman Van Rompuy. This was announced by Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko BOrisov, shortly after the 27...

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Bulgaria PM Bans Council of Ministers Christmas Cards, Gifts

Bulgaria's Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, issued an order Thursday to put a halt on all Council of Ministers budget expenses for Christmas cards and gifts. The order comes on the heels of an earlier decision of the PM banning...

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