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Putin happy about growing opportunities for Belarus-Russia cooperation
The Russian president noted that Belarus was able to preserve enterprises left over from the Soviet years and bring them to a new level of development...

Astrakhan Oblast governor opines on cooperation prospects with Belarus
Astrakhan Oblast keeps buying elevators from Mogilevliftmash. “The region needs to replace about a thousand elevators,” the governor informed...

PM: Two-fold rise in trade between Belarus, Russia’s Astrakhan Oblast
The Astrakhan Oblast delegation will also tour a number of industrial enterprises of Belarus, including Mogilevliftmash...

Belarus’ ambassador visits Russia’s Sverdlovsk Oblast
"The trade of the Republic of Belarus with Sverdlovsk Oblast increased by 52.1% in 2022. In particular, the Belarusian export rose by 63.1%, and import expanded by 39.1%"...

Belarus advised caution at a time of geopolitical turbulence
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that Belarus has long been working on diversification and consistently pursues this policy. At the same time, the Russian market remains the main one for Belarus...

Agreement on unified industrial policy expected to give new impetus to Belarus-Russia integration
The document was drafted in furtherance of the Union State unified industrial policy program. The program is an integral part of the 2021-2023 guidelines for implementing the Union State Treaty...

Trade between Belarus’ Minsk Oblast, Iran up tenfold in 2022
Minsk Oblast Governor Aleksandr Turchin met with Iranian Ambassador Saeed Yari. Belarus and Iran interact at a very high level, Aleksandr Turchin noted. Belarus and Iran have long been under the sanctions...

Belarus to take part in healthcare exhibition in Russia’s Novosibirsk
The exhibition will highlight medical equipment, medical supplies, medical tourism, IT in healthcare, pharmacy, etc...

Minister: Inflation is slowing down in Belarus
According to Aleksei Bogdanov, there are plans to implement a joint price stabilization program of the government and the State Control Committee for 2023...

Abramenko: Belarusian-Russian economic relations continue to gain momentum
The bilateral negotiating group is working to eliminate complex issues arising in the course the interaction of Belarusian and Russian business entities...

Lukashenko against indiscriminate merger of struggling collective farms
The government suggested passing a presidential decree to put in place another set of measures to deal with struggling agricultural companies. To be more specific, the government wants these companies to become part of state-owned enterprises...

Centers serving state-financed organizations under scrutiny in Belarus
A draft decree to expand the functions of the centers that provide services to state-financed organizations was submitted for consideration of the head of state...

Belarus, Sudan ready to consider new avenues of cooperation
Special consideration was given to the Belarusian experience in the field of price control and regulation. According to the ambassador, this mechanism for combating the inflation can be very useful to Sudan...

Trade between Belarus, Russia’s Tatarstan up in 2022
The delegation from Tatarstan includes representatives of the companies interested in establishing close ties with Belarusian business in such sectors as petrochemistry, supplies of steel products, component parts, polymer products, construction materials, etc. ...

PM: 11.7bn kWh of electricity generated by first unit of Belarusian nuclear power plant
Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said during a meeting with Director General of the Rosatom state corporation Alexey Likhachev...

PM: Prices are under control in Belarus
He also emphasized that in terms of prices, not only administrative control is important. Supply and demand play a role in pricing as well...

Governor: Kaluga Oblast maintains fruitful ties with Belarus
"Mutual trade is growing: it increased by half last year. The volume of trade operations is estimated at $230 million - this is almost one third of the region’s trade with the CIS countries"...

Belarus’ State Authority for Military Industry sells to 57 countries in 2022
"A lot of logistical flows have been redirected. We work steadily and do not see any global problems in front of us"...

Belarus' government approves agreement on mutual recognition of academic credentials with Cuba
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was instructed to send a notice that Belarus had completed the domestic procedures necessary for the entry of the agreement into force...

Belarusian marketing center to promote Belarus-India business contacts
Director of the Belarusian National Center for Marketing Nikolai Borisevich held an online meeting with President of the All India Association of Industries (AIAI) Vijay Kalantri...