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Brest Oblast Hospital, University Hospital of Strasbourg to sign agreement on cooperation
"With the signing of the contract, it will be easier for us to work together. We will be able to send more doctors on training courses, hold consultations for our patients and organize master classes. Our cooperation will enter a new level"...

Belarus suggests mechanical engineering, agricultural projects to Angola
A Belarusian delegation led by Industry Minister Vitaly Vovk is in Angola on 19-23 November. The negotiations are focused on invigorating the entire spectrum of bilateral relations, primarily trade and economic ones...

Belarusian MTZ unveils new compact tractor at German expo
The new tractor is based on the Belarus-622 model made by Bobruisk Plant of Tractor Parts and Units (BZTDiA), a division of the Belarusian industrial group MTZ...

Director of Belarus’ Hi-Tech Park meets with Chinese IT billionaire
The Asian investors also expressed readiness to finance promising Belarusian projects in the sphere of artificial intelligence, Big Data, and machine vision...

Algeria interested in Belarusian oil adsorbents
"Every country and region is interested in scientific solutions in certain fields, say, agriculture or information technologies. Belarusian developers can offer their achievements in all sorts of fields"...

Belinterexpo plans over 30 exhibitions abroad in 2018
"There are plans for two national expositions in China and Vietnam," the director of Belinterexpo said...

Eurasian Economic Union procedures to help alleviate Belarus-Russia food trade issues
"The Eurasian Economic Union offers such a mechanism. It has a system in place in case one side complains about another. These procedures should be followed"...

Belarusian students trained at Russian nuclear power plant
The students will work at the Belarusian nuclear power plant in the future. They were made familiar with the nuclear power plant in operation and were given some hands-on experience...

Call for more effort to drop roaming charges between Belarus, Russia
"The European Union has managed to drop roaming charges for domestic calls. It has not been fully implemented but the experience is rather interesting"...

Total area of Belarusian expositions abroad increases by 25% in 2017
In 2017, Belinterexpo held 20 exhibition events abroad. "The biggest event was Belarus’ national exposition at the 4th Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia in Moscow"...

Belarus named among best forex markets in EAEU, Western Europe
"According to many experts and market participants, today Belarus’ forex regulations are among the most attractive and well-devised in comparison with other EAEU and Western European markets. They rely on a solid and carefully developed legal framework"...

Opinion: GDP figures show Belarusian economy is on path of recovery
The expert stated, however, that the country’s economic recovery was driven mainly thanks to the external factors. These included the resumption of full oil supplies from Russia, the increased prices for oil and oil products...

Capital investments in BelNPP up 24.2% in January-September 2017
In line with the 2017 forecast, the organizations affiliated with the Energy Ministry plan to use around Br2.2 billion of capital investments...

Belarus among world’s top 10 metal cord manufacturers
In the last five years, BMZ’s sales of metal cord went up by 15%, and the geography of export covered another six countries: the UK, Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia, Brazil, and the Netherlands...

Belarusian nuclear power plant gets another set of steam generators
Core equipment of the reactor plant is being delivered to the construction site now, noted Vitaly Medyakov, ASE Group Vice President for the Belarusian nuclear power plant project. “We expect the transport sluice to be delivered within the next few days,” he said...

Belarusian food products in great demand in Georgia
The range of Belarusian food products on the Georgian market is wide enough. Especially popular with locals are dairy products such as butter, milk, sour cream, cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt. Over the last two years the sales have grown considerably...

Belarusian state furniture makers report strong non-CIS export figures
Bellesbumprom enterprises export 65% of the furniture they make. In January-September 2017 furniture export totaled $77.3 million, 121.1% as against the same period of last year...

Belarusian furniture manufacturers to take part in Mebel 2017 expo in Moscow
The program includes a roundtable on the prospects for the production and export of furniture, the 15th forum of directors “Furniture as Business”. It is the largest business event in the furniture industry which involves more than 150 delegates...

EDB raises 2017 GDP growth outlook for Belarus to 1.8%
"We believe that improved medium-term outlooks for the region’s countries will depend, to a significant extent, on their capability to use the potential of their internal economic growth drivers"...

Localization rate at new Belarusian car factory to exceed 50% in 2018
Plans have been made to use the full fabrication cycle to make Geely NL3 and NL4 crossovers and the Geely FE3 sedan...