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Belarus prime minister gets familiar with cutting-edge ICT products at TIBO 2019
The Belarusian head of government visited the stands of the national telecommunication giant Beltelecom, the Communications and Informatization Ministry, the mobile carrier MTS, the cloud infrastructure operator beCloud, the industrial automation solutions vendor Simatek Group as well as other stands...

Belarus, Swiss Joint Chamber of Commerce sign memorandum of cooperation
The memorandum is aimed at facilitating cooperation in investment and innovation, creating a favorable investment environment and enhancing the investment appeal...

Government wants fewer licensable activities in Belarus
When asked what activities will no longer need licensing, Aleksandr Turchin noted that their number is very big and listed only the most anticipated amendments. These are changes to licensing requirements to healthcare employees...

Plans for Belarus-Slovakia agricultural company in Brest Oblast
The parties have been working on the project for a few years already. “We have been looking for partners in Belarus, Slovak investors for three years. At present we are busy with developing a large agricultural enterprise in Brest Oblast. I think that we will get a positive result soon”...

Belarus-China industrial park to have 60 resident companies by 2020
Citing international experts, including Forbes, Igor Leshchenok emphasized that there is no other place in Europe and Asia that offers so many preferences as the Great Stone park does...

China-Belarus industrial park advantages presented in Moscow
“Our park offers the most effective conditions for doing business in the entire Eurasian space"...

Plans to open Belarusian trading house in Russian Irkutsk in autumn
The official said: “We are building a Belarusian trading house. I hope it will be opened during the visit of a Belarusian delegation led by Brest Oblast Governor Anatoly Lis in October”...

Belarusian Railways to transport freight from Vietnam to Europe
The parties are mulling over the implementation of promising projects to deliver freight by rail on the Asia-Europe-Asia route, including the use of the transport and logistics center Kolyadichi...

Belarus, Poland considering projects of new public transport technologies
“The main topic of the conference is public transport development. Our major tasks are to exchange experience, discuss public transport functioning, legislation, ways to solve problem situations,” Director General of the Belarusian Research Institute of Transport “Transtechnika” Vitaly Kireyev said...

Belarus, WB to sign $300m worth of loan agreements in 2019
The Belarusian delegation informed their WB partners about the government’s determination to keep working to promote small and medium-sized entrepreneurship, to introduce corporate management in the public sector and to strengthen social security...

Push to sell Belarusian MAZ products in Egypt
The possibility of EAMCO assembling some MAZ truck and passenger vehicle models and selling the joint products to third countries was also discussed...

Lithuania ready to handle more Belarusian freight
“Some of these cargoes are moved via the Klaipeda port. Lithuanian Railways and the Klaipeda port are ready to handle more Belarusian freight. We should fight for every tonne. Stable business relationships with neighbors who clearly appreciate the principles of transparency-based cooperation with Lithuania are essential”...

China-Belarus industrial park shares city planning experience at conference in Switzerland
The China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone presented its own experience of city planning and functional zoning of territories as well as the experience of creating infrastructure compliant with high ecological standards...

EU shows interest in Belarus’ energy-efficient home design
"Together with Lithuanian partners, we have developed a house design that meets European standards. On 5 April, the first batch of reinforced concrete structures left Brest for Stockholm, Sweden. We see interest in this project from other European countries as well"...

State-owned share in Belarusian Priorbank evaluated at €17m
The government is now consolidating the state-owned package of Priorbank stock and transferring it to the State Property Committee. It has to be done by 20 April...

Interest in Belarusian machines in Russia’s Khakassia despite skewed competition conditions
Vladimir Semashko suggested establishing long-term mutually beneficial trade relations in the sale of Belarusian machinery and food products...

Belarus, Uzbekistan to implement 15 joint scientific and technical projects
“During the meeting, Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee Aleksandr Shumilin and Minister of Innovative Development Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov signed an executive program on cooperation in science, technology and innovations for 2019-2021”...

Made in Belarus expo opens in Almaty
The expo features Belarusian mechanical engineering and mining, petrochemicals and transport, household appliances and food products, consumer goods, new solutions and medical tourism...

Plans to develop 5G technology in Belarus fleshed out
"In the past we used to lag behind world leaders in the introduction of cellular communications technologies and we had someone else’s experience to tap into. We keep up with the time now. It has its own peculiarities"...

Great Stone presentation in Moscow scheduled for 11 April
The major themes will include the tax exemption regime, the One Station service center, a bonded area, and a special customs regime...