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E-vehicles, smart city among innovative solutions at My Belarus exhibition
The cluster features organizations that make part of innovative infrastructure, resident companies of the High-Tech Park, organizations of the Ministry of Communications and Informatization, industry giants and private businesses...

Belarusian PM inspects progress in dried baby food project at Bellakt
Roman Golovchenko was briefed about the financial and economic activities of Bellakt and its development prospects, about the progress in the investment project “Construction of a dry baby food shop according to GMP standards”...

Lazarevich: Belarus’ exports to Moscow up by 15% in 2024
Belarus’ major exports to Moscow are mechanical engineering goods: cars and trucks, freight railroad cars and streetcars, electronic integrated circuits, furniture, and automobile spare parts and accessories...

Industry ministry optimistic about car production in Belarus-Russia Union State
Aleksandr Yefimov emphasized that the plans to ramp up car production in Belarus meet the market needs and goals...

Yaroslavl Oblast ranks among most active Russian regions at Belarusian commodity exchange
Exchange transactions between enterprises of Belarus and Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia amounted to $33.5 million in January-November 2024, which was one of the best results among all Russian regions trading on the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE)...

Lukashenko calls to build up Belarus’ presence in traditional markets
“The recent visits to Oman, the United Arab Emirates, soon to China are about diversifying our markets. We call them ‘the far arc’. This is what it’s about,” the head of state noted...

Lukashenko highlights importance of following agreements with Russia
“Discussing the car production and other projects, we have agreed with Russia to synchronize our relations. I would ask you that we clearly adhere to our agreements with the Russian Federation,” the head of state said...

Lukashenko offers Sobyanin to help with Moskvich cars production
Belarusian President said at a meeting with Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin on 23 December...

Ambassador names most promising areas of Belarus-Kazakhstan cooperation
The ambassador mentioned joint projects related to deep processing of agricultural products, the creation of joint agro-industrial clusters, the exchange of best practices in organic farming and the introduction of innovative technologies in agriculture...

Ambassador: Kazakhstan hopes to increase trade with Belarus
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan to Belarus Timur Zhaksylykov said during a press conference in Minsk on 20 December...

Ambassador: Kazakhstan seeks closer cooperation with Belarus in building materials industry, wood processing
He emphasized that the governments of the two countries have worked out many projects in industrial cooperation. Cooperation in other areas is promising too...

Belarusian commodity exchange to cooperate with All Pakistan Timber Traders Association
The key point on the agenda was the organization of supplies of Belarusian sawn timber to the Pakistani market using the exchange mechanism...

Ambassador: China is open to steadily increasing imports from Belarus
Currently, Belarusian goods such as dairy products, chocolate, candies and meat are popular among Chinese consumers...

Belarusian nuclear power plant generates over 38bn kWh of electricity
The nuclear power plant is not only a guarantor of Belarus' energy security, but also a significant contributor to the common cause of climate change mitigation. Due to the commissioning of BelNPP, greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by about 7 million tonnes per year...

MAZ ships batch of trolleybuses to Russia's Kazan
Since 2007, the city has received a total of 850 units of passenger vehicles manufactured by Minsk Automobile Plant. According to the enterprise, the parties are discussing the prospects of supplying third-generation buses in 2025...

Number of electric cars in Belarus doubles in 2024
"Last year this figure was close to 10,000 units. In January-November 2024 the number of electric cars in the country is more than 21,000. Experts expect this number to approach 24,000 by the end of the year,” Denis Moroz said...

Belarusian commodity exchange plans to accredit broker in India
Manpreet Singh expressed an interest in establishing partnership with the BUCE. According to him, as a broker, ICIB will be able not only to attract new Indian traders to the BUCE, but also to improve the activities of Indian companies already accredited at the exchange...

Belarusian economy minister identifies focus points of One District, One Project initiative
Yuri Chebotar stressed that this initiative has seriously picked up the pace: the number of projects stood at 120 two years ago, now the number exceeds 200...

Belarus’ agricultural output up by 3.3% in January-November 2024
Agricultural enterprises manufactured Br27.7 billion worth of products, up by 5% in comparable prices year-on-year...

Belarus hopes to use SOHAR port and freezone for joint projects with Oman
“The purpose of the visit to SOHAR port and freezone is to select a site for joint ventures and the project to establish a hub of Belarusian industrial goods in the Sultanate of Oman in order to promote our goods to the markets of third countries,” the minister said...