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Lukashenko urges business, local authorities to drive innovation policy
The president set the task to expand the use of technology parks, where teams of scientists together with designers and engineers can work together to derive practical benefits from their own developments. At present, Belarus has about 15 technology parks...

Lukashenko ready to consider consolidating all venture resources under NASB control
Belarusian President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko said at the government conference held on 21 November to discuss the development of the domestic science and the NASB performance...

Lukashenko: Research papers must reflect the times, meet economic needs
As one possible solution to the problem, the president proposed the following: “Let the sectoral minister approve dissertation topics, either individually, all of them, or in some other way. This would make it easier for us to fund them,” the head of state noted, instructing that the issue be further studied...

Lukashenko: Science should become a genuine driver of the country’s development within five years
The president is convinced that the competitive ability of the economy and the reinforcement of Belarus’ sovereignty depend on the effective realization of the scientific potential...

Lukashenko: Belarus should bolster its manufacturing competencies
The president also underscored the critical need to bridge the gap between manufacturers, who should act as customers, and the research community...

Belarus’ NAIP, Russia’s Karelia Development Corporation sign cooperation agreement
A business forum also took place in Minsk on 20 November to highlight new opportunities for Karelia and regions of Belarus. The National Agency of Investment and Privatization of Belarus had helped organize the forum...

Belarus, Ethiopia eye deepening trade, economic cooperation
According to the ambassador, Belarusian‑made tractors are widely used in Ethiopia, with a growing trend toward agricultural machinery powered by alternative fuels. He also highlighted the rising demand for fertilizers and readiness to expand cooperation with Belarus in this area...

Personnel training and product supply: Belarus, Ethiopia boost agricultural cooperation
Over the first nine months of the year, bilateral trade increased 2.1-fold compared to the same period last year. Rapeseed oil remains the primary Belarusian export, with shipments growing 2.3-fold, while imports from Ethiopia consist of coffee, flowers, grains, and legumes...

MAZ-MAN Company to start making electric trucks in FEZ Minsk
In the free economic zone Minsk the company will set up a modern high-tech enterprise to make truck cabs and electric trucks with the fully loaded weight of 8 tonnes, which meet world trends in the fields of environmental friendliness and energy efficiency...

Belarusian Bellegprom, Russian Export Center sign MoC
Chairwoman of the Bellegprom concern Nadezhda Lazarevich noted that for the Belarusian light industry, this agreement opens up new avenues for cooperation with a key Russian institution for export support...

Russia’s Karelia seeks closer ties with Belarus in IT, tourism, manufacturing
Traditional sectors include the supply of lumber and stone. Here, companies expect to find new partners..

Belarus, Russia’s Karelia to expand cooperation in exchange trade
From the perspective of exchange trade geography, Karelia is a new direction for BUCE. The first exchange transaction involving companies from this region was concluded in May of this year, with the commodity range still quite narrow, including only wood products and specialized equipment for the forestry industry...

Lukashenko encourages scientists, manufacturers to work together, produce results
Speaking about the overall coordination of scientific efforts in the country, Aleksandr Lukashenko said that all the decisions had been made, the system had been established. These functions are primarily the purview of the State Committee on Science and Technology, which can be described as kind of a State Control Committee in charge of overseeing science...

Lukashenko gives task to new MTZ director
While making personnel decisions on 20 November, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko tasked the new MTZ director general with intensifying work on equipment sales and quality...

Belarus presents collective stands at international expos in Uzbekistan
The stand presents advanced technologies and scientific developments from Belarusian researchers in veterinary medicine, plant growing, and livestock farming...

Belarusian Bellesbumprom, China Chamber of Commerce for Furniture and Decoration sign MoC
While on a working trip to China, Deputy Chairman of Bellesbumprom Sergei Kasyanov met with head of China Chamber of Commerce for Furniture and Decoration Guan Peiying...

Belarus, Niger seek to expand cooperation
The parties discussed the development of urban passenger transport in the Nigerien capital, the supply of machinery and equipment for municipal services, and the strengthening of bilateral ties in industry and technological exchange...

Belarus’ marketing center signs memorandum of understanding with partner from Kazakhstan
The document formalizes the parties’ intention to develop trade and economic relations between Belarus and Kazakhstan, exchange experience in practical marketing, and promote mutual trade, including access to the markets of third countries...

Lithuania reopens border checkpoints with Belarus
The first vehicles have already crossed the border at the Benyakoni border checkpoint (Šalčininkai on the Lithuanian side)...

New China-Belarus industrial park resident company to offer innovative transport solutions
OOO Urban Engineering endeavors to perform a full cycle of scientific research and experimental development for means of transportation, including electric ones, hydrogen ones, followed by the introduction of innovative solutions in the field of energy efficiency, ecology, security, and acoustics...