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Belarus promotes linen products on Indian market
We prepared the samples and the first supplies including the Orsha Linen Mill. These are the linen fabrics which the Indian side has interest in...

Russia’s Novosibirsk keen to develop cooperation with Minsk in transport, housing, utilities
Novosibirsk also wants to keep buying MAZ buses from Minsk which have gained a good reputation in the Siberian region...

Belarusian automaker BelAZ to ship 50 haul trucks to Mozambique
Piotr Parkhomchik stressed that the Indian market is very challenging yet interesting for BelAZ. This market is seeing a dramatic shift from light-duty haul trucks to heavy-duty ones...

China to host Brest-Anhui business forum on 13 September
The forthcoming meeting is a return visit and the continuation of the agreements to develop interregional links. The sides signed a protocol on intent to establish partnership relations in economy, industry, agriculture, tourism and other fields in December 2016...

From oil to BelAZ trucks: What business ties will strengthen Belarus-India cooperation
"Several years ago the two countries have developed a roadmap to develop cooperation in the mining industry and interregional ties"...

Plans to resume direct air service between Belarus, Moldova
The sides considered resuming direct air service between Belarus and Moldova, its numerous benefits and opportunities and discussed the prospects of liberalizing the bilateral and transit road freight transport between the countries...

Saint Petersburg to start testing Belarusian electric buses in September
The agreement to arrange the trial operation of the Belarusian electric bus in Saint Petersburg was reached during the Saint Petersburg Days in Minsk in autumn 2016...

Belarus prime minister impressed by BelAZ’s 450-tonne truck
After trying the virtual simulator in the company’s driver classroom Andrei Kobyakov suggested installing a similar simulator in the Belarusian pavilion in the VDNH expo center in Moscow so that every visitor could test his or her skills driving a dump truck...

Bishkek plans to buy Minsk-made public transport vehicles
The Management Company of the Belkommunmash Holding Company sold 20 trolleybuses to Kyrgyzstan's capital in 2009. The company has won a tender to export another 30 electric vehicles...

Chisinau to host Belarus-Moldova business forum on 13 September
The forum will include the B2B negotiations to enhance Belarus-Moldova business contacts...

Plans to galvanize Minsk-Beijing cooperation in economy, culture
Among the projects that have been implemented already he mentioned the construction of the Beijing Hotel and the residential block Lebyazhy...

UK delegation shows interest in Belarusian electric buses
Michael Edwards expressed hope that Belkommunmash will develop buses tailored for English needs...

Nottingham keen to cooperate with Minsk in education, electric transport
The UK delegation has arrived in Minsk to take part in the celebrations marking the city’s 950th anniversary. Around 50 years ago Nottingham became the first city to sign a twinning agreement in Minsk...

Minsk trades with 188 countries in 2016
Last year the Belarusian capital exported $8.1 billion worth of products, which is 34.6% of the country’s aggregate exports...

Belarusian engineering products on demand in Tatarstan
According to the head of Tatarstan, the country uses the Belarusian mechanical engineering products, especially those for the agro-industrial sector. “We have held Field Days this year and our Belarusian partners showed their best at the events,” he noted...

Geneva to host next round of talks on Belarus’ WTO accession on 11-15 September
The talks will include a meeting on state support of agriculture (12 September), the ninth meeting of the working group (13 September), negotiations on market access for goods and services with nine countries – WTO members.

New MAZ tractor unit named most promising in Russia
It is strong and endurable and it can operate in severe climatic conditions, at temperature ranging from -45°C to 45°C...

Belarus’ gold, forex reserves exceed $6.9bn
The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus plans to ramp up the gold and forex reserves up to $8-8.5 billion by 2020...

Belarus expects record high colza harvest in 2017
Some 260,000 tonnes of colza was harvested last year. This year agrarians have already cropped 650,000 tonnes, said Leonid Zayats...

New head of World Bank representative office in Belarus appointed
Previously Alex Kremer was in charge of the World Bank’s representative office in Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan...