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Rostov Oblast business interested in closer cooperation with Belarus
The governor welcomed efficient cooperation between Belarus and Rostov Oblast in economy, science and technology and culture. He emphasized that bilateral cooperation holds a lot of promise. “We will strive to achieve even more,” he said...

BelGee plans to produce 35,000 cars, to enter new markets in 2020
Domestic sales are projected at 10,000 cars, international sales at 20,000-25,000. This year the cars were supplied mainly to Russia. In 2020 the company also expects to branch out into the markets of Kazakhstan, Armenia, Ukraine and Lithuania...

Belarusian State University to take part in IEMA 2019 expo in Pakistan
Detailed information on the scientific achievements of the Belarusian university in the field of instrument-making and automation, their competitive advantages and technical characteristics will be presented through thematic posters, multimedia presentations and video clips...

Belarus, Kyrgyzstan discuss bilateral trade prospects
The parties talked over the prospects for bilateral trade, including possibilities to expand production cooperation...

Belarus’ transit potential not fully used
"It is obvious we do not fully use advantages of our country, its geographical position at a crossroads of transit traffic between the north and the south and between the west and the east. Apart from that, Belarus was one of the first countries to join China’s Belt and Road initiative and to become one of its nodes"...

Launch of Belarusian nuclear power plant in final phase
The head of government said he would like today’s meeting to at least clarify debatable issues and sketch out ways to address them if fixing the problems right now is not feasible...

Plans to add four duty-free shops at Belarusian border
Speaking about possible competition with manufacturers of similar products in Belarus, Aleksandr Turchin assured there will be none directly. Most of the goods the duty-free shops will sell will be alcohol products, tobacco products, and perfumery...

Belarusian products on display in Bulgarian Plovdiv
Five Belarusian petrochemical companies have presented their products as part of the Made in Belarus exposition. In particular, Belshina presented a broad choice of car and truck tires while Gomel Chemical Plant has mineral fertilizers on display...

Belarus, China to cooperate in price supervision
Belarus Minister of Antitrust Regulation and Trade Vladimir Koltovich noted that cooperation between Belarus and China is of a strategic nature. He believes that the signing of the memorandum will give a new additional impetus to the Belarusian-Chinese cooperation...

Belarusian companies to showcase products at South Asia’s top industrial expo
The Belarusian delegation will include representatives of industrial companies and organizations run by the Industry Ministry, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, and the State Science and Technology Committee...

Lukashenko urges to optimize number of linen mills in Vitebsk Oblast
The head of state was informed about the structure of the flax growing industry in Grodno Oblast, where there are 7,000 hectares under flax and two modernized linen mills...

Belarusian flax industry seen as capable of growth
The company boasts waste-free production. “We need to process everything, the same as you do: produce fuel pellets from flax shives, hard thread, ropes, flaxseed oil. We need to revive the things we once had,” the head of state said...

Lukashenko: Decision to develop the flax industry was right
In his words, the country has always produced enough flax. The output was bigger than it is now. “Orsha Linen Mill needs 50,000-52,000 tonnes of flax fibers. We will produce this amount of high-quality flax this year. We must keep up to this level in the future”...

Belarus, EU delegation discuss trade, economic cooperation
“The parties discussed key areas of trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and the European Union, including access of Belarusian products to the European market, attracting investment, and Belarus’ accession to the World Trade Organization”...

Russia’s Novosibirsk to buy more Belarusian vehicles to ease traffic
At a meeting with Novosibirsk Mayor Anatoly Lokot, Vladimir Semashko spoke about boosting cooperation in the field of supplies of public transport, utility vehicles and technologies for public utilities services, in particular, technologies for water and wastewater purification, waste collection and disposal...

Belarus, World Bank discuss higher education upgrade project
The project is designed to improve learning environment for children and the youth, modernize infrastructure of educational institutions, and introduce innovative approaches and advanced technologies to education...

Light industry enterprises of Belarus, Uzbekistan to expand cooperation
The action plan stipulates measures to invigorate cooperation of textile, apparel, and knitwear goods enterprises of Belarus and Uzbekistan...

International experts note Belarus’ high scientific potential in display technology
Vladimir Chigrinov mentioned the high scientific potential and opportunities opening up in Belarus. He also mentioned interest of young people in innovations, promising fields in the area of display technologies...

Slovakia to invest €15-20m in agricultural projects in Belarus
“One of the recent key topics [for bilateral cooperation] is to set up joint agricultural companies. We have an investor. The project will be implemented in Grodno Oblast and Brest Oblast. If we manage to implement this project, it will be the biggest Slovak investment. We are talking about the sum of about €15-20 million”...

Belarus pavilion to open in Shanghai
Belarus' Ambassador to China Kirill Rudy met with Greenland Group Executive Director Zhang Yun to discuss the possibilities of boosting supplies of Belarusian agricultural products with high added value to China, and the opening of a pavilion with Belarusian goods in Shanghai...