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New law pass first reading in House of Representatives Suggestions have been made to expand the list of documents allowing citizens of Belarus, foreigners and stateless persons permanently residing in the country to stay in the border area. This is one of the innovations envisaged by the law on border security issues. By the way, at present, it is only possible to be in the border area having a passport. The new law, according to which foreigners will be able to transit through the border zone...

Decree to encourage innovative activities in economy branches and regions of Belarus As many as 34 new projects have been included into Belarus’ state program on innovative development. Belarus President Alexander has signed a relevant decree. The new projects include the creation of modern enterprises to make electric car charging infrastructure components, target practice and unmanned aerial complexes, as well as setting up a full-cycle high-technology agribusiness enterprise. The decree is expected...

Amendments to Forestry Code, Civil Code, Copyright Law high on agenda Today, the Belarusian parliament will consider Decree No.8 On the development of the digital economy. The document was signed by the President in late 2017. It is designed to increase Belarus' chances of regional IT leadership. Also, the agenda of the session includes amendments to the Forestry and Civil Codes, and to the Copyright Law. The MPs will also consider some documents on public-private partnership. In total, there are...

90 thousand square meters of rental housing per year expected Belarusian MPs have adopted amendments to the Housing Code in the first reading. Among the innovations is the possibility of transferring rental housing into social housing, which means that owners will have to pay bills for housing services only. The right will be granted upon those who have been on the waiting list for social housing. Today, half of the apartments from the state fund are rental units. And this housing will grow by...

The data on three new psychotropics has been transferred to the Health Ministry The list of prohibited narcotic drugs and psychotropics will be expanded in Belarus. New substances that were not in circulation in the country will be added, said the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus. The data on three new psychotropics has already been transferred to the Ministry of Health. The contribution of Belarusian forensic experts to countering drug trafficking is significant...

House of Representatives discussed the implementation of Decree No. 7 800 entrepreneurs started business after the Decree No.7 came into force. The majority of them went for transportation of goods and passengers. This was discussed today at a round table at the House of Representatives. Now the main thing for the state bodies and business unions is to work with the local government and rookie businessmen. 19 key activities for SMEs and individual entrepreneurs will be in the spotlight. Parliamentarians...

A number of decisions of the Council of Ministers were adopted for the development of the Decree «On the promotion of employment» A number of decisions of the Council of Ministers were adopted for the development of the Decree «On the promotion of employment». Thus, it is envisaged to create commissions in the regions that together with employers and state bodies will help find a job for the unemployed and will form lists of unemployed able-bodied citizens, will look for legal earnings for them...

In 2017 almost 16 thousand foreigners came to work in Belarus According to Decree No. 7, starting from February 26, the rules for hiring foreigners are simplified in Belarus. This applies to laureates of national or international competitions and those who have awards in the sphere of their professional activities. Now the employers at the conclusion of contracts do not need to receive a permission for such specialists to be hired, as well as permission to attract foreign labor. Over the past year...

Decree No. 1 aims to create most favorable conditions for people's employment The main goal of the Decree No. 1 is to create the most favorable conditions for people's employment. It aims at supporting entrepreneurial initiative and an individual approach to those who are looking for a permanent job. This was stated by the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Belarus. A special role here is assigned to the commissions under local authorities. They will include MPs of all levels, representatives...

Key role in organization of work on implementation of norms of decree assigned to local authorities Decree No. 1 on the promotion of employment is officially published and came into force. The basis of the document signed by the President is the creation of most favorable conditions for the employment of citizens, an individual approach and the principle of social justice. Details of all the key provisions of the Employment Decree will be adopted by April 1, the mechanism will start working on...