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Belarus reveals ambitious plans to make products together with Egypt
The head of state noted that a well-developed manufacturing sector is one of the strong points of the Belarusian economy and the country is ready to share its own industrial technologies with Egyptian partners...

Belarus, Egypt agree to dismantle trade barriers
The Belarusian side intends to create a product together with Egypt and work together to sell it, including on foreign markets...

Belarusian-Chinese regional forum held in Hohhot
Presentations were made to showcase the investment potential of Gomel Oblast, Belarusian industrial sector, Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ trademark), Gomel Meat and Dairy Company, Spartak confectionery...

Belarus looks to increase agricultural exports to Egypt
According to the minister, Belarus has been cooperating with Egypt both in the ​​trade of products and interaction in the field of various technologies. For example, cooperation is underway in the use of the Belarusian technology in dairy farm construction, milk and meat processing...

Belarus’ best practices on display at China-EAEU Customs Dialogue
First Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Committee Vladimir Orlovsky spoke about the customs simplifications applied in the China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone and the results of the pilot project to apply electronic seals in motor transportation...

Hamburg interested in cooperation with Belarus in logistics
"Asia is an important region our port works with today. China to be exact. This is why Belarus plays a central role in enabling continental transportation between Europe and China. Hamburg is not only a major logistics hub but an important industrial center"...

Chinese company eager to sell Belarusian goods online
The company is one of the experimental enterprises in the Hangzhou transnational digital commerce zone...

World Bank’s private sector incentives program to help five cluster initiatives in Belarus
Five initiatives were chosen after an express evaluation and interviews on 12 June. They focus on healthcare, pharmaceutics, and biotechnologies; instrument making and robot technology; agrarian and green economy; information and communications technologies...

Kazakhstan ready to supply oil to Belarus
“We are ready to supply oil to Belarusian oil refineries.” The diplomat mentioned the need to get Russia’s approval of oil transit...

Startup from Belarus’ Hi-Tech Park makes world’s first intuitive keyboard
The Belarusian startup Clevetura has finished creating a technology that merges the functionality of the keyboard, the touch pad, and the mouse. In addition to attaching sensors to buttons the developers have managed to enable automatic and seamless transition between text typing and cursor control...

A1 Telekom Austria Group eager to expand cooperation with Belarus
The Belarusian telecommunications company velcom is a daughter enterprise of the Austrian concern. Thomas Arnoldner talked about the main areas of work of A1 Telekom Austria Group and plans to further expand business. He mentioned the importance of the Belarusian market for the concern and its appeal...

Belarus, UK to launch Trade Dialogue in June
"The major outcome of the meeting is the decision to launch the Trade Dialogue procedure during George Hollingbery’s visit to Minsk for the 2nd European Games where he will represent the UK government"...

New CEO of Belarusian tractor maker MTZ reveals ambitious plans
Among the tasks he intends to deal with first in his new position, he mentioned profitability, output growth, and higher export. “Effectiveness above all. MTZ should earn money instead of asking for it,” the director general stressed...

Belarusian farmers urged to diversify, to consider sheep breeding
The president said that he had given instructions to look for new farming ideas, new commercially successful products. In his opinion, sheep breeding is a promising industry for Belarus...

Belarus signs three agreements with EBRD
Belarus’ government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in part of cooperation to support Belarus’ foreign investment council...

Belarus to consider London Stock Exchange for eurobond placement in 2020
"We conducted out transactions through Luxembourg Stock Exchange and Irish Stock Exchange. Today, London Stock Exchange has suggested attractive terms for us so that both the sovereign or corporate borrowers could be listed on the stock exchange"...

Societe Generale, Deutsche Bank show interest in Belarus
“Today we have met with representatives of several big European banks, Societe Generale, Deutsche Bank and Renaissance Capital in particular. All these respectable European financial institutions are interested in cooperation with Belarus”...

EBRD may help Belarus set up foreign investment council
“During the visit of EBRD President Suma Chakrabarti to Minsk, we suggested setting up a new agency. We got a feeling that Belarus was ready for it. We would like it to meet the best standards,” Alexander Pivovarsky said...

Belarus looks to bolster ties with City of London investors
“We have already made confident steps towards further development of cooperation with investors, residents of the City, especially in what concerns debt capital markets. Belarus hopes to broaden, with your help, the field of our cooperation, to further the relations and make them more systemic”...

Nigeria shows interest in emergency response training in Belarus
The Nigerian side has taken an interest in Belarus’ practice-oriented approach to the training in providing first aid to victims in emergency situations, response to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents...