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Economy Ministry expects Belarus’ GDP to grow by 2.6% in H1 2021
Speaking about the state of affairs in branches of the Belarusian economy, Yuri Chebotar said the pandemic continues having an effect. More than half of the economy demonstrates growth. Those industries are the production sector, wholesale trade, information and communications...

Belarus exports cheese to 26 countries
"Belarus is the world’s fourth biggest cheese exporter after the European Union, the USA and New Zealand. Today we export our cheese to 26 countries and plan to penetrate more markets"...

About 460,000 people on COVID-19 vaccination wait list in Belarus
Belarus is taking all kinds of safety measures to minimize the burden of the COVID-19 infection. All algorithms for providing medical care have been worked out, new treatment protocols have been developed...

Investor from New Zealand to build tourist complex in Belarus
The project is expected to take about two years, the preliminary investment is estimated at $2 million. The investor plans to build several hospitality facilities in the town of Yezerishche. They will have a different purpose but will be united by a common concept...

Prime minister sums up Belarusian economy development results in Q1 2021
"Four out of the six most important targets of the social and economic development forecast have been hit. Q1 2021 saw a foreign trade surplus of $828 million or 5.9% of the GDP. It is a record high figure of the last ten years"...

BelAZ ships three 45t haul trucks to Ukraine
“The assembly of the new batch of 45-tonne haul trucks was carried out by specialists of the certified service center of the BelAZ distribution network in Ukraine. The trucks have already been assembled and launched operation,” the press service said...

Belarus draws up plan to mitigate economic impact of EU carbon border tax
"Next week, we will submit the draft plan to the government and will start executing it soon after"...

Belarus’ defense minister on visit to Azerbaijan
The program of the visit envisages a number of meetings and negotiations of the head of the Belarusian military delegation with the political and military leadership of Azerbaijan...

Visitors to Healthcare of Belarus expo to be offered Sputnik V jab
“A special medical module of the exhibition will be allocated for COVID-19 vaccination using the Sputnik V vaccine. This vaccine produced by Generium (Russia) / Belmedpreparaty (Belarus) (trade name - Gam-COVID-Vac ) is a combined vector vaccine...

Belarus to take part in St Petersburg International Legal Forum
Belarus’ Justice Minister Oleg Slizhevsky will speak at the discussion session Open Meeting of the Ministers of Justice: Digital Form of Justice in the New Era on 19 May...

Spring in Gomel international expo to be held on 20-27 May
This time the expo will focus on interregional contacts. The program of events includes online meetings in the R2R format (Region 2 Region) involving representatives of government agencies, chambers of commerce and industry, business associations, and entrepreneurs...

Belagro 2021 to feature over 350 companies from 16 countries
A meeting of the organizing chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Subbotin held a meeting on 17 May...

Belarus' GDP up 2.5% in January-April 2021
According to initial estimates, the GDP amounted to Br50.6 billion in current prices, up by 2.5% in comparable prices year-on-year...

Belarus’ role in cross-border e-commerce highlighted in Xi’an
Cross-border e-commerce and new opportunities for Belt and Road countries took center stage at the roundtable...

Lukashenko: Belarus committed to pragmatic dialogue with Norway
“Minsk is interested in continuing a pragmatic dialogue with Oslo on the principles of mutual respect. We look forward to maintaining constructive cooperation in various industries and working together in international organizations”...

Belarus keen to increase food export to Saudi Arabia
The parties discussed the state of cooperation and prospects for strengthening the bilateral trade and economic relations between the two countries...

Energy minister: Belarus can export nuclear power plant’s electricity if necessary
The first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant is going through a comprehensive test of the equipment at the nominal level of power of the reactor installation...

BelarusMedica 2021 forum to begin on 18 May
Over 150 exhibitors from six countries (Belarus, Hungary, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, and South Korea) will present their products and technologies as part of the exhibition...

Center for Examination and Tests in Healthcare, Great Stone park to cooperate
Aleksandr Yaroshenko stressed that this is about opening of a center to provide appropriate services, launching of production of drugs, medicines and other medical products in Belarus. According to him, the Great Stone industrial park is mulling over launching the production of a COVID-19 vaccine on its premises...

Lukashenko authorizes construction of Northern Waterfront complex in Minsk
In line with the decree, the complex will include residential buildings with all the necessary engineering and transport infrastructure, social facilities and public facilities with a total area of ​​more than six million square meters. The first to be built will be the International Exhibition Center, the Institute of Artificial Intelligence...