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Belorusneft to open 180 vehicle charging stations in Belarus in 2020
Belarus’ chain of vehicle charging stations can handle up to 9,000 electric cars. The chain offers fast and express charging...

Presidential decree signed to encourage Belarusians to buy electric cars
The decree stipulates measures to fuel demand for electric vehicles and encourage the creation of the necessary vehicle charging infrastructure and aftersales service infrastructure in the country...

Belarusian MAZ rolls out garbage truck powered by natural gas
"The use of compressed gas will reduce fuel-related operating costs. The vehicle’s size and maneuverability will help smartly build the logistics of removal of solid municipal waste from backyards"...

Pipelines ready to pump Azerbaijani oil from Ukraine to Mozyr Oil Refinery
"We expect the arrival of a tanker with Azerbaijani oil in the Odessa port this afternoon"...

Lukashenko, Karanik discuss prices for import of medical equipment, drugs
In his words, prices for the import of part of drugs and medical equipment were too high before...

PM: No panic in Belarus’ currency market
The prime minister stressed that the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus is pursuing a well-crafted monetary policy...

Belarus presents new proposals on oil supplies to Russia
"At first glance these proposals were not rejected by the Russian side. I think we will be able to secure progress in resolving the oil dispute"...

Belarus’ PM names topics for discussion with Russian counterpart
"The current situation on the oil market reconciles our positions and narrows the gap in figures we have"...

Belarus, Egypt discuss prospects of technological cooperation
The parties agreed that Belarus would work out a package of proposals for production cooperation of MAZ with Engineering Automotive Manufacturing of Egypt’s Ministry of Public Enterprise Sector...

Belarusian Finance Ministry evaluating oil’s influence on state budget
"We are busy evaluating it. The work has been in progress since the beginning of the year because no agreements on oil deliveries have been secured yet, we are working in this manner"...

Inflation in Belarus at 1% in February
Prices for foods rose by 0.7% from January 2020 and 1.8% over December 2019...

Belarusian car maker BelGee eager to up assembly localization rate of popular Chinese crossover
"The Coolray model is very popular. We already have plans to start performing welding and painting operations as part of the Coolray assembly process, in other words, the full fabrication cycle"...

Belarus’ BelGee to consider producing electric cars given high demand
"From the strategic perspective, if the demand is high – around 10,000 cars a year – it will be reasonable to start preparing for the production"...

Belarus aims to forest over 32,000ha in 2020
The forestries have launched tree planting, developing 5,000 hectares of forests already...

Belarusian car maker BelGee expects full resumption of deliveries from China in mid-April
"They promise deliveries will be fully resumed sometime in mid-April. We hope we will not see any downtime since we have a certain stockpile of components"...

Five new Russian companies to sell about 200,000t of oil to Belarus in March without premium
"Five suppliers Belarus has not worked with yet will ship about 200,000 tonnes of oil to the country in March. That’s in addition to SAFMAR’s 300,000 tonnes in March"...

Plans to introduce deposit-refund system for consumer packaging in Belarus need more polish
During the conference Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that unlike other Eastern Europe countries Belarus has had a chain of outlets for buying recyclable materials since the times of the Soviet Union...

IMF’s March mission to Belarus postponed
The decision has been prompted by the Washington-based HQ intention to restrict business trips of IMF personnel due to the global coronavirus situation...

Second batch of oil reaches Belarus’ Naftan
"This is the second batch of oil delivered to OAO Naftan by rail from Klaipeda this year"...

Belarusian, Russian scientists to work out Resource-SG program for 2022-2026
"We are discussing the creation of a new Union State program titled as Resource. It will continue the previous programs Nanotechnologies-SG and Technology-SG. The concept of the new program is being worked out now"...