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Swiss company considering setting up investment fund in Belarus
The company intends to use the fund to finance Belarusian investment projects, primarily in the construction industry, agriculture, and food industry...

Belarus expects to export more food to Turkmenistan
Belarusian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Oleg Tabanyukhov met with Turkmenistan Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations Amandurdy Ishanov to discuss increase in trade...

Belarus president visits private manufacturer of agricultural machines in Ivye District
Among other things the machines the group makes are designed for organic farming while many of the technical solutions are unparalleled in Belarus and abroad...

Russian Export Center to support Belarus’ export to third countries
For example, plans are in place to sign a cooperation agreement with Eximgarant of Belarus, which will help lower costs of financing thanks to reducing the number of intermediaries, and will facilitate development of trade and export operations...

Lukashenko pledges support for woodworking business
“There is a lot of unprocessed timber. We need to encourage people to go into the woodworking business, in particular in the areas where we have a great amount of raw materials. We should not just suggest that businesses start something. We need to help them and take care of their needs”...

Initial background around Belarusian nuclear power plant measured
All the planned steps were taken. Gamma radiation was measured at over 200 sites around the perimeter of the Belarusian nuclear power plant and the river banks. Measurements were done on foot and by car in order to expand the measurement area...

Belarus’ Amkodor to set up assembly plant in Kazakhstan
The agreement provides for using Russian capital (Kompozit Group Holding) and Belarusian technologies (Amkodor) and providing additional support to local enterprises in the industrial zone in Kostanay Oblast...

Belarus harvests over 6m tonnes of grain
As of 19 August, Belarusian farmers harvested more than 1.9 million hectares of grain, which makes 89.2% of the cropping areas. The average yield is 31.6 centners per hectare (26.5 centners per hectare in 2018)...

Belarus’ new pavilion in China’s Chengdu to strengthen business partnership between states
"We will tell there about our internet technologies. I know that some 7,000 Chinese companies are waiting for Belarusian business"...

Braslav representation office to open in Beijing
By 1 October, a website will be launched to provide information about Braslav District, its tourism potential, investment proposals, available land plots, and other important information about this Belarusian region...

Industry Ministry, Rosagroleasing sign agreement to sell Belarusian vehicles, machines in Russia
The document provides for compensating for part of the payments in order to sell machines and vehicles made by 80 Belarusian manufacturers in Russia on leasing terms...

Gomel Oblast, Armenian regions seek closer ties in innovations, high technology
The ambassador said that the meeting examined the prospects for further promotion of interregional cooperation between Armenia and Belarus following the example of cooperation between Armenian regions and Gomel Oblast...

Belarusian lingerie brand catches the eye of London’s fashion industry
The Belarusian lingerie producer Milavitsa has showcased at the recent edition of Pure London, the UK's leading fashion trade show. The Belarusian exposition drew a lot of attention of London’s fashion retail industry...

Belarus president wants program on processing all timber
It is necessary to process all the timber resources. The program has to be implemented within the next three years. It will have to cover the wood, which cannot be used for purposes other than making wood chips and fuel pellets...

Lukashenko concerned about Atlant Household Appliances Plant, intends to visit it
Aleksandr Lukashenko inquired about the plant’s financial performance, wages, production and sales figures. The president said that he plans to visit Atlant and learn more about its work...

Belarus’ grain harvest exceeds 5.7m tonnes of grain
Minsk Oblast has harvested 1.5 million tonnes of grain, which its harvest 87% complete. Brest Oblast’s harvest is 98.8% complete (1.2 million tonnes of grain). Grodno Oblast harvested 94.3% of its areas (1.15 million tonnes of grain)...

Belarus government to sign agreements with VTB Leasing, Rosagroleasing
The Industry Ministry and the Finance Ministry were authorized to hold talks with the Russian companies and to sign the respective draft agreements...

Belarusian Belkommunmash to make 12 hybrid trolleybuses for Ukrainian Dnepr
In line with the contract Belkommunmash will team up with its daughter enterprise OOO BKM-Ukraine to make 12 trolleybuses of the 32100D model...

Integrated information resource needed to tout Belarus as tourist destination
"Tourists should be able to get all the necessary information online: from the schedule of public transport and museum hours to the description of tourist sites, events, routes"...

Belarus seeks closer cooperation with China’s Greenland Group
Valery Matsel and Xue Yingze also spoke at length about the execution of the contract which provides for supplying $600 million worth of Belarusian food products with a high added value to China and the establishment of cooperation in tourism...