Economy

The head of Minsk union of entrepreneurs and employers has told about violation of Directive No. 4, and about the issues that worry regional entrepreneurs.

The House of Representatives has approved the program of the government's activity for 2011-2015 today at the extraordinary session.

PM Mikhail Miasnikovich will ask the President and the Parliament to support introduction of free salaries for directors.

"I have planned a telephone conversation with the head of "Gasprom" Aliaksej Miller on this day ", — the first Deputy Minister of Belarus said on February 16.

Start of gas shipment through the "North Stream" pipeline does not mean decrease of gas shipment by other routes, including those through Belarus and Ukraine.

Alexksey Yablokov, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has expressed the opinion.

Belarus is asking Russia to allocate a 25-year credit for the construction of Astravets nuclear power station.

These enterprises have been included in the plan of privatization of state enterprises for 2011—2013. There are 244 of them in the list.

Ukraine is planning a large-scale purchase of Belarusian butter.