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Belarus’ business opportunities discussed in Italy
The parties welcomed the mutual interest and imporved environment for intensifying bilateral cooperation...

Minsk Forum 2017 expected to draw hundreds
“The event will draw about 300 participants from Belarus, Germany, other EU countries, and also the neighboring states of Belarus. There will representatives from the United States,” Rainer Lindner noted...

Irkutsk Oblast businessmen eager to cooperate with Belarusian companies
Sergei Levchenko mentioned some promising avenues of cooperation, among them supplying Belarusian-made agricultural vehicles and equipment to Irkutsk Oblast, setting up processing companies in agriculture and wood industry in the region...

Belarusian heavy truck manufacturer reports soaring export figures
The top five customer countries (in physical terms) included Russia, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. Major non-CIS customers are Morocco, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Angola...

Belarus remains 32nd in Global ICT Development Index
Just like in the previous year’s report Belarus is ranked 32nd and is the CIS leader in the development of information and communication technologies. Belarus is ahead of a number of European nations, too — Lithuania, Latvia, Czechia, Italy, and Poland...

Slovakia shows interest in advancing Belarusian medicines to European market
"Such cooperation is of great importance for enhancing mutual competitiveness of Belarus and Slovakia. Joint projects in research activities, education and other sectors can be successful as well"...

Belarus’ agricultural export to EU 50% up in 2017
"We’ve increased export to European Union countries by 56% in comparison with last year. We ship our products to 19 European Union countries. We sell casein, whey powder, rapeseed oil, and other products"...

Belarus’ agricultural output up by 2.9% in January-October 2017
“In January-October the agricultural sector displayed positive growth dynamics. The agricultural production in all categories of farms rose by 2.9%, in state-run agricultural organizations by 3.8%,” the minister said...

Belarusian food quality assured at every step
“Have we ever heard of Belarusian food becoming dangerous in Belarus? Never. It doesn’t happen because we have a quality management system in place to control every stage from an incoming inspection of raw materials to processing, storage, and shipment"...

Belarus to take part in Israfood expo
Israfood is Israel’s biggest food exhibition that feature a great variety of food products, including dairy products, meat and poultry, confectionary, alcoholic and soft beverages. In 2016 the event was visited by more than 18,000 catering industry experts...

Belarus may build spa resort in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast
"We have agreed to develop cooperation in tourism. We have outlined a number of projects. Taking into account Belarus’ experience in the implementation of spa resort projects, we would like to invite Belarusian specialists to build a Belarusian spa resort in Kaliningrad Oblast"...

Chinese trade unions ready to help set up branches in Great Stone industrial park
"Two years ago, we signed an agreement on friendship and cooperation which we try to actively promote. The Chinese delegation comprises representatives of all kinds of trade unions: Beijing transport workers, tax officials, and others"...

Belarusian dairy products expected to continue selling well in Russia
Aleksei Bogdanov admitted that the share of Belarusian products on the Russian market may change. "But on the whole we will keep the market"...

Belarus’ agricultural exports to Russia up by 5.9% in January-September 2017
He stressed that gradual reduction of the share of Russia in total exports is the result of the diversification policy. "The volumes that we add in the production of milk, meat, wheat and other food items go to new markets"...

Belarus’ food manufacturers expand into five new markets in 2017
"We exported $1.845 billion worth of products in January-September 2017, up 11.1% from 2016. The export went up by $185 million. The companies posted a trade surplus of $1.63 billion. We are tapping into new markets"...

Milk yield per cow to reach record levels in Belarus in 2017
"Today we are looking into the performance of the country’s agro-industrial complex. In January-September 2017 the production growth totaled 3.5%"...

Russia’s Sverdlovsk Oblast keen to cooperate with Belarus in potato farming
Leonid Zayats said Belarus is ready for mutually beneficial cooperation with Sverdlovsk Oblast in agribusiness...

Belarus, Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast plan to develop cooperation in dairy farming
"For the past two years we have made great advances in our joint cooperation projects. We would like to set up an advanced Russian-Belarusian agricultural company in Kaliningrad Oblast. The interest in this is great"...

Kaliningrad to launch direct flights to all Belarus' oblast centers
The council agreed to advance the bilateral trade to $500 million by the end of 2018...

Belarusian neighborhood construction project may be implemented in Russia’s Kaliningrad
Governor of Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast Anton Alikhanov said at the session of the Belarusian-Russian council on long-term cooperation between Belarus and the Russian region in Minsk...