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Belarusian milk chocolate President gets gold at Prodexpo in Moscow
The professional jury of the contest praised the products presented at the exhibition. The gold medal went to milk chocolate President, chocolate with blueberry puree Belovezhskaya Pushcha and a set of sweets Belgian Truffle...

Belavia to launch Gomel-Batumi flights on 18 June
“Flights will be performed on Mondays and Saturdays, departing from the Georgian city at 8:05 and arriving in Gomel at 9:50. Return flights will take off from Gomel at 11:20 and land in Batumi at 15:15. Time is local,” the airline said...

Belarus’ WTO accession talks proceed to final stage
The foreign ministry noted that in 2021 the focus was on domestic procedures to improve foreign trade regulations taking into account the WTO requirements...

Belarus, Cuba sign memorandum of cooperation in ICT
As the ministry noted, the memorandum is aimed at developing cooperation between the two countries in the field of telecommunications, postal communications, assimilation of the information and communication technologies, including smart city technology and e-government, in industries and functional spheres of the economy...

Belarus, Russia’s Bryansk Oblast seek to step up cooperation in manufacturing
This matter was discussed at Commonwealth 2022, the forum of entrepreneurs of Bryansk Oblast and Belarusian regions...

Ambassador: Belarus, Iran will intensify trade
"Cooperation in energy, economy, science and technology holds a lot of promise. Another area that needs more attention is tourism and, in general, human contacts between Belarusians and Iranians"...

Belarus attracts $8.7bn in foreign investment in 2021
The bulk of investment came from Russia (42.6% of all investment received), Ukraine (15.2%) and Cyprus (13.9%)...

Belarus’ Gomselmash to take part in Tatarstan exhibition
Gomselmash jointly with Bryanskselmash will display grain harvesters GS3219, GS12A1 PROFI, self-propelled mower CS100 and forage harvester FS80...

Belarus exports $6.5bn worth of products in 2021
“The results of 2021: $6.5 billion in foreign currency earnings - an absolute record for our country,” said Aleksei Bogdanov...

MP: Belarus and Brazil boast vibrant trade and economic relations
"Brazil is among the top 10 countries with which Belarus cooperates. In 2020 the trade amounted to $720 million"...

Belarus’ export reaches $49.2bn in 2021
In 2021 Belarus' foreign trade totaled $94.751 billion, up by 30.7% year-on-year...

Mitskevich: Belarus-Turkey relations are based on partnerships, shared world-view
The vice-speaker reaffirmed commitment to cooperation with the expo administration and numerous Turkish tourism associations, which could result in cooperation agreements between the tourism associations of the two countries...

Belarus, Slovakia step up cooperation in auto-engineering, medicine, tourism
Chairman of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BelCCI) Vladimir Ulakhovich said as he met with Chargé d'affaires of Slovakia in Belarus Katarina Zakova...

Belarusian ambassador meets with Serbian minister of innovations and technological development
The parties discussed the state of and prospects for the development of trade and economic relations between Belarus and Serbia, confirmed their commitment to facilitating cooperation in the areas that are of interest to the two countries...

Belarus’ Gomel Oblast signs agreement on product supplies at expo in Dubai
Gomel Oblast was represented at the exhibition by the region’s leading exporters: producers of metal products, petrochemical and wood processing industry, confectionery and meat and dairy products, and representatives of the Gomel-Raton free economic zone...

Nigeria interested in buying Belarusian products
This matter was discussed at a meeting of Belarus’ Industry Minister Piotr Parkhomchik with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Republic of Belarus (non-resident) Abdullahi Shehu Yibaikwal...

Ambassador: Belarus, India have huge potential for cooperation
He expressed confidence that business in Belarus and India are interested in a quick return to the traditional format of the dialogue and the level of relations that was before the pandemic...

Belarus, Hungary seek to expand cooperation in nuclear energy
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to Hungary Aleksandr Ponomarev visited the town of Paks where the Paks Nuclear Power Plant is located...

Belarus’ agricultural companies produce over 7.588m tons of milk in 2021
"Minsk Oblast produced 1.987 million tons of milk, more than any other region. Brest Oblast posted the biggest milk yield per cow – 6,569 kg. For comparison: the average yield is 5,412 kg"...

Project to increase port capacity to handle Belarus’ potash in progress in Russia
According to the president, Russia has provided a platform for the project to create additional infrastructure in order to increase the capacity for transshipment of Belarusian potash fertilizers through the ports of Russia...