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Bill finalized taking into account comments made The House of Representatives has adopted in first reading amendments to the law on wages in public sector. The document presupposes the unification of the salary structure for public employees. Thus, its composition will include a salary, incentive and compensatory ...

47 bills in lower house now Belarusian MPs are preparing for the upcoming autumn session. Particular attention is paid to the draft budget of 2020. They plan is to approve it before the elections to the House of Representatives. Therefore, the MPs will start working on this financial document in advance to discuss out all the comments and suggestions together with the budget and finance commission. 47 bills are pending in the lower house now. They pertain ...

New plants in Svetlogorsk and Dobrush to increase forest industry exports to more than $ 2.5 billion A joint meeting of both houses of the Belarusian parliament was held today in the Oval Hall. Members of the government answered MPs’ questions. One of the main themes was the forest industry. The deputies were interested in whether the core organizations provide profit, are there reserves for increasing profitability, and the export increase. As Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Dvornik noted, the...

Parliamentarians discussed postal communication law The House of Representatives supported the decree on additional measures to combat corruption. The document has been issued to increase the liability for corruption crimes. In accordance with the decree, individuals convicted of corruption offences shall ...

12 issues on the agenda of the MPs meeting The Presidential Decree No. 3 "On additional measures to combat corruption" will be the topic of discussion at the next regular session of the House of Representatives. The document strengthened the responsibility for this type of crime. Persons convicted of bribe-taking are not eligible for conditional release or a partial punishment. There are 12 issues on the agenda of the meeting. The MPs ...

Simplified procedures for recalculating fees in case services not or poorly provided Stricter control over the quality of housing and communal services in Belarus. Today the House of Representatives have adopted amendments to the "Law on the Protection of the Rights of Consumers of Housing and Communal Services". The controlling functions will be taken over by government customers. This will simplify the relations ...

Amendments to law on legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons submitted Today amendments to the law on the legal status of foreign citizens and stateless persons were discussed in the House of Representatives. Among other things the draft law provides for an increase in the period of stay for foreigners in Belarus without registration from 5 to 10 days. The adoption of the document is caused by the general tendency to simplify the ...

Belarus MPs approved criminal responsibility for coercing athletes into using doping Belarus plans to introduce criminal responsibility for coercing athletes into using doping. Today the relevant amendments to the Criminal Code were approved by the House of Representatives in the first reading. The deputies consider the document especially important on the eve of the 2nd European Games, when such legislative initiatives can boost the country's image. Also, today Belarusian MPs supported the bill ...

Total of 60 new draft laws to be looked into Belarusian MPs embark upon a spring session. It is the sixth one in a row for the current House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic. The sessions will continue for three months and will close at the end of June. A total of 60 documents are currently in the Parliament. 37 are ready to be considered. Today, the MPs have 11 items ...

... expanding cooperation in security The speakers of the parliaments of Eurasia are discussing cooperation in various fields in Turkey these days. Belarus is taking part in the forum as well. The delegation of our country is headed by the chairman of the House of Representatives. In his speech, Vladimir Andreichenko noted that Belarus was interested in expanding cooperation in the field of security. Economic cooperation in such areas as transport, logistics and trade is also important. The key topic of ...