Economy

An average salary in agriculture will increase by 2,2 times to $750 in the equivalent by the end of five years in Belarus, the deputy PM Valery Ivanou has said.

The price for petrol-92 will increase by 4,5% – till 3 000 roubles, while the price for diesel oil will grow by 10,4% – till 2850 roubles.

Price formation in Belarus will be liberalized since March 1, 2011. Aliaksandr Lukashenka signed a corresponding decree on February 25.

The President has not supported the government's initiative to transform the Ministry of Housing and Communal Services.

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.