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Belarus approves ratification of protocol on Russian gas prices
The protocol regulates the matters related to Russia’s gas supplies to Belarus in 2017-2019 and maps out the measures to improve cooperation in the gas industry in 2020-2024...

More tax incentives for new companies in Belarus in development
The Entrepreneurship Development Ordinance instructs the central government to submit proposals on encouraging private sector development within six months. The proposals will be primarily aimed at creating new jobs, further development of private business in small towns and rural areas...

Belarus developing mechanisms to encourage environmental practices
"We are drafting the programs for 2020-2025, taking into account the sustainable development goals, to which Belarus is committed, and also international indicators"...

Belarusian scientists to develop atomic-force microscope with glassless 3D imaging
"This technology will give us additional capabilities. Our interests overlap in the area of atomic-force microscopy. Our devices can be enhanced with new ways of presenting data. We will be able to visualize the nanoworld in 3D"...

Select Belarusian agrotowns to become ‘villages of the future’
Mikhail Rusy specified that the Architecture and Construction Ministry is busy developing the concept of the project. He encouraged Belarusians living in rural areas to more actively use information technologies...

Higher efficiency and competitiveness named top priorities for Belarus’ agribusiness
According to Mikhail Rusy, the current cropping pattern has brought positive results in animal farming and stepped up livestock production. "This is not enough, however, to reach the goal to increase the efficiency of agricultural production"...

Belarus' agricultural exports to reach $7bn by 2020
According to Mikhail Rusy, the agro-industrial complex has been showing positive momentum this year. "We have received a good harvest of grain, colza, and sugar beet. Cattle breeding is vibrant"...

Belarus-Kazakhstan trade expected to reach $1bn in 2020
"Results of today’s talks between the heads of state are a testimony to the eagerness of Belarus and Kazakhstan to advance multifaceted cooperation. Kazakhstan has been a high priority trade and economic partner for Belarus for many years"...

Belarus’ Krasny Pishchevik considers selling confectionery into Israel　
"This is the first time Belarus is taking part in the expo. Krasny Pishchevik has already sealed a deal with Israel’s Alfa Mega Food Ltd to deliver a pilot batch of Bobruisk-made kosher certified confectionery"...

Minsk, Astana to promote cooperation in railway container transport
Nursultan Nazarbayev noted the importance of transit transport. He said that over the past two years Kazakhstan has built 2,500km of railways from the Chinese border to the Russian border and 4,000km of modern highways...

Belarus invites Kazakhstan to cooperate in IT, financial technology
“We have some things to offer to our Kazakh brothers. Thanks to our software developers, Belarus has made a leap forward in IT and has gone international within a short period of time. Kazakhstan’s representatives have already been to the Hi-Tech Park and learned more about the Belarusian software”...

Belarus ready to share drone technologies with Kazakhstan
“Belarus is ready to share serious know-how concerning unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition to selling the drones we can share drone manufacturing technologies,” said the Belarusian head of state...

Major contracts signed during Belarusian-Kazakhstani business forum
An agreement on setting up a joint business council of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Foreign Trade Chamber of Kazakhstan was signed during the forum, too...

Belarus, Egypt to explore new areas of business cooperation
The parties discussed the status and prospects for the implementation of joint industrial projects, including the production of trucks and agricultural machinery, tires, engines, generators...

Belarus-Kazakhstan business forum gathers some 400 participants in Minsk
"Three years ago Astana hosted the Made in Belarus expo and a business forum which was attended by the prime ministers. Today’s forum is unique, being the largest one in our history. It has drawn together over 400 participants"...

Belarusian surgeons to perform pediatric liver transplant in Kazakhstan
Organ transplantation is the most vivid example of Belarus-Kazakhstan cooperation in healthcare. A six-member group of Kazakh doctors has recently arrived in Belarus...

Belarusian, Russian plastic card payment systems to work together
Representatives of the national payment systems of Belarus, Russia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan met in Yerevan, Armenia last week...

Bellesbumprom exports to Kazakhstan up 42.3% in January-September
Kazakhstan is among the CIS largest and most promising markets for the enterprises affiliated with Bellesbumprom Concern. In terms of supply volumes it is third, behind Russia and Ukraine...

World Bank to consider $14m loan on forestry development in Belarus
In turn, Belarus’ Deputy Forestry Minister Leonid Demyanik stressed that Belarus attaches significant importance to reforestation, environmental protection and the improvement of the ecology in general...

Belarus, Kyrgyzstan discuss cooperation in agriculture, industry
The parties emphasized the need to intensify trade and economic cooperation between the countries, including in the Eurasian Economic Union, and also praised the activity of the Kyrgyzstan-Belarus intergovernmental commission...