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2009 Reprint,updated,printed ""on demand""- Belarus Mineral & Mining Sector Investment and Business Guide ... Read more

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2009 Reprint,updated,printed ""on demand""- Belarus Telecommunication Industry Business Opportunities Handbook ... Read more

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This investment guide contains basic information on economy, business, export-import and investment climate, opportunities and regulations. Provides strategic information on economy, industrial development, banking, and government.Includes information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually. ... Read more

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2009 Reprint,updated,printed ""on demand""- Belarus Privatization Programs and Regulations Handbook ... Read more

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2009 Reprint,updated,printed ""on demand""- Belarus Business and Investment Opportunities Yearbook ... Read more

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2009 Reprint,updated,printed ""on demand"" - Belarus: Country Study Guide ... Read more

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A huge disapointment
This could have been a great reference - But almost all of the data is from 1997 or before.The discussion on relations with Russia ends in 1995, with no mention of the unification pacts.The only current information are texts of addresses given by the President. ... Read more

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This law handbook contains information on basic business legislation, laws and regulatoins affecting export-import, business, foreign investments, property rights, taxation and banking. (Updated annually) ... Read more

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2009 Reprint,updated,printed ""on demand""- Belarus Business and Industrial Directory ... Read more

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2009 Reprint,updated,printed ""on demand""- Doing Business and Investing in Belarus Guide ... Read more

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This yearbook contains basic information on export-import, investment and business opportunities in the respected country. Provides information on government structure, economy, business climate, regulations, and more...Includes basic statistics, information on the most important business contacts and business travel. Updated annually. ... Read more

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A native Belarusan paints a vivid picture of his country's complex past, paving the way for his analysis of the challenges now facing the republic in the wake of a disintegrating Soviet Union. ... Read more

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Quite interesting
Jan does a good job in outlining the course of events that occurred over a long period of time. My main complaint about his work is that he maintains a focus on the intelligentsia to a point where I as a reader felt thatthere was a large void left to be filled. Nevertheless, this book is filledwith interesting tidbits that will well feed a historical mind. Even thoughhe quite clearly writes as a patriot and does little to explain the currentclamboring for Belarus to reunite with the Russians, he manages to maintainsomething of a level hand through the course of the book in regards to theLithuanians, Ukrainians and Poles. Especially towards the end, he providessome insightful analysis into the current mood of the country, though hiseconomic analysis is, at best, limited. Should Mr. Zaprudnik ever choose toextend his writings on this rather interesting country, I would like to seehim write more on the trends of society at large, for I think he wouldprovide a very intriguing insight into a rather obscure field.

Afascinating book about a people who eschew their nation.
Jan Zaprudnik poignantly records what was and what might have been in his beloved Belarus. He writes from a nationalist point of view about a country which finds it hard to be nationalistic, currently preferring a wider slavic entity in wishing to unite with Russia. The book attempts to unify a shifting geography and disparate history of Lithuanians, Russians and Belarusians into that of a single nation. The result is as incohesive as modern Belarus. Therein may lie its genius or dearth. ... Read more

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The stability of the former Soviet states is threatened by their precarious geopolitical position within a turbulent economic and political environment. Swords and Sustenance explores the complex economic dimension of national security for two key post-Soviet countries, Belarus and Ukraine--that is, how they have dealt with the challenges posed by internal economic and political reform and their relationships with Russia and the West. The book first examines how differing commitments to economic and political reform (reform is largely absent in Belarus) affect Belarusian and Ukrainian approaches to security. It then considers the central role of Russia, and how Russian interests and policies toward Belarus and Ukraine limit the two countries' foreign and domestic policy choices. Two chapters discuss the national security implications for Belarus and Ukraine of two key economic factors in their foreign policy: energy trade (in the form of oil, gas, and pipelines) and military-industrial cooperation (including the sale of arms). Finally, the book considers the relationships of Belarus and Ukraine with regional and global institutions and explores the policies of the EU, NATO, and the United States toward Belarus and Ukraine. ... Read more

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Screening is the initial stage of strategicenvironmental assessment (SEA). Screening aims to answer if further application of SEA is needed. The procedure for SEA screening is defined in international documents (SEA Protocol and SEA Directive), however their provisions are very general and leave certain freedom of interpretation. The responsibility to develop SEA screening criteria and define it in national laws rests on each member-state. Screening approaches and types of screening systems vary greatly. There are experienced countriesand there are states which are still in the beginning of their way towards the establishment of effective and efficient screening system. Development of a screening system faces a number of problems which are concluded mainly in finding a proper balance between many concurent factors. A frame SEA screening criteria which would guide SEA system developers towards finding a balance need to be developed. For this purposegeneric SEA screening criteria (GSSC) and a scheme of their contextualization are developed in this book and Belarus is chosen as a field of application of GSSC-contextualization scheme. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The office of President of Belarus (Belarusian: Прэзідэнт Рэспублікі Беларусь, Russian: Президент Республики Беларусь) is the head of state of Belarus. The office was created in 1994 with the passing of the Constitution of Belarus by the Supreme Soviet. This replaced the office of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet as the head of state. The tasks of the president including executing foreign and domestic policy, defend the rights and general welfare of citizens and residents and to uphold the Constitution. The president is mandated by the Constitution to serve as a leader in the social affairs of the country and to act as its main representative abroad. The duties, responsibilities and other transitional clauses dealing with the presidency are listed in Chapter Three, Articles 79 through 89, of the Constitution. ... Read more