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Lithuanian FM suggests considering reopening border with Belarus before 30 November
On 29 October, the Lithuanian government closed the border checkpoints on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border until 30 November...

Belarus, Nigeria intend to give new impetus to economic cooperation
The parties discussed opportunities for trade and economic cooperation and the realization of export potential, including: expanding trade in agricultural and food products, cooperation in crop and livestock farming, and the exchange of innovations...

EDB: Inflation in Belarus slows for third consecutive month
The growth rate of prices for non-food goods slowed to 2.5% in October year-on-year, down from 2.9% in September. Similarly, inflation in the services sector decelerated to 7.6% from 7.9%. Food price inflation remained unchanged at 9.8%...

FEZ Minsk exports 80% of output
This year, four large residents have already been admitted, and three more are planned to be admitted by the end of the year, with a total investment of over $240 million. In previous years, foreign capital was primarily attracted from China, Türkiye, Germany, the UK, and other countries...

Poland reopens border checkpoints with Belarus
The first vehicles have crossed the border at the Berestovitsa border checkpoint (Bobrowniki on the Polish side)...

Belarusian Amkodor ships first batch of vehicles to Nicaragua
In accordance with the contract, excavators, backhoe loaders, rollers, bulldozers, and motor graders from Amkodor Holding Company will be additionally supplied to Nicaragua...

Belarus' per capita production of grain, milk, meat, and vegetables revealed
In 2024, the agricultural sector in Belarus employed 236,700 people, representing 6.7% of the country's total workforce...

Lukashenko promises scientists major rewards for electric transport battery project
He recalled that the head of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus had pledged to develop a domestic electric battery. If successful, this would eliminate the need for importing such components from other countries...

Lukashenko touts cryptocurrency mining as path away from dollar reliance
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a meeting to discuss the performance of the Belarusian NPP, rising electricity consumption, and proposals for building new nuclear capacities in Minsk on 14 November...

Lukashenko: Belarus is among top three European countries with lowest electricity prices
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that the use of electricity for heating and hot water, along with the construction of all electric homes, has improved living comfort for hundreds of thousands of people...

Belarus, Russia's Lipetsk Oblast map out extensive areas of cooperation
The ambassador also said that the parties are exploring promising cooperation projects in the field of mechanical engineering between Belarus and Lipetsk Oblast...

Belarus harvests 10.8m tonnes of grain crops
Belarus has harvested 98% of areas planted to grain and leguminous crops, including corn, which makes up 2,251,000 hectares. Average grain yield (with corn) is 43.5 centners per hectare, 5.4 centners per hectare higher than last year’s level...

Poland wants to reopen two border crossings with Belarus on 17 November
Currently, the Terespol-Brest crossing is open to cars, and the Kukuryki-Kozlovichi crossing is open to trucks. Several rail freight crossings are also operational...

Belarus, Mali agree to boost trade and economic ties
The delegation featured representatives of MTZ, MAZ, BelAZ, and Minsk Electrotechnical Plant. These companies represent the core sectors of Belarusian mechanical engineering – production of agricultural machinery and quarry trucks, automotive industry and electrical engineering...

Cooperation between Belarusian light industry, Chinese textile cluster discussed in Guangzhou
As a result of the meeting the cluster’s leadership expressed readiness to receive a delegation of the Belarusian enterprises for the sake of studying the possibility of commercial cooperation in detail...

Ambassador: Belarus, Russia’s Kursk Oblast can achieve $1bn in trade
"It is very important that this year trade between our country and Kursk Oblast has grown by nearly 50%. In January-September, we reached half a billion dollars"...

Further cooperation between Belarus, Russia’s Rosatom discussed in Minsk
The Rosatom head noted that Belarus has burst into the elite of the world’s nuclear energy sector...

National Bank: Leasing portfolio of Belarusian companies reaches Br14.5bn
Furthermore, the volume of new leasing agreements signed in the first three quarters of 2025 amounted to Br6.9 billion, reflecting a 4.2% year-on-year increase...

Belarus attracts $5.5bn in foreign investment in January-September 2025
The inflow of foreign direct investment amounted to $3.9 billion, or 71.4% of all foreign investment...

Belarusian enterprises featured at Occupational Safety and Health BIOT 2025 exhibition in Moscow
Mogotex is presenting polyamide fabric with elastane (rip-stop) featuring a stretch effect (the enterprise was the first in the CIS countries to start producing it) and a collection of protective clothing...