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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...

Belarus, Venezuela discuss new contracts to supply Belarus’ knockdown kits
“The sides exchanged views on the development of industrial cooperation. In particular, they talked about the terms of new contracts to supply Belarusian knockdown kits to Venezuela”...

Good prospects for Belarusian grain export this year
According to the source, taking into account carryover assets Belarus can have about one million tonnes of grain and cereals to spare for export...

Freight transportation by rail between Belarus, Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast 13.4% up in January-July
Belarusian Railways representatives noted that the transit transportation of oil and oil products, coal, and ferrous metals represents the bulk of the freight transported to and from Kaliningrad Oblast...

Belarus’ national exposition featured at EEF 2017 in Russia
"The collective stand of Belarus has brought together the country’s leading education and science organizations, major food producers, auto makers and agricultural machines manufacturers"...

Belarus, Russia encouraged to strengthen all kinds of value chains
“We should strengthen all kinds of value chains as much as possible. I have been to all of your machinery plants. You have preserved this network of companies. You are coping with many tasks well despite all the difficulties”...

Belarus’ Development Bank to issue export loans to foreign companies
Loan will be provided when high-tech investment products made by Belarusian organizations are exported provided that these products are included in the list of goods approved by Council of Ministers’ resolution No. 279 of 6 April 2016...

Japanese delegation commends Belarus’ achievements in post-Chernobyl recovery
Belarus had achieved notable success in mitigating the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster thanks to the reasonable and well-balanced national policy and to large-scale state programs...

Belarus reviews prospects of cooperation with Turkcell
Turkcell is a major player in the Turkish mobile market and the third largest GSM operator in Europe...

China’s Gansu Province, Belarus’ Grodno Oblast agree on exhibition centers
China also shows interest in developing cooperation with Belarus in agriculture, tourism and education, construction of infrastructure facilities, and also in increasing mutual export supplies...

Belarusian flax now sold to South Korea
The company has penetrated the Korean market thanks to persistent efforts. So far two major batches and one small batch of fabrics have been shipped. Negotiations on consequent shipments are underway...

Belarus keen to see more stores selling Belarusian goods in Georgia
Mikhail Rusy noted that Minsk would like to see stores selling Georgian goods in Belarus. “We will create the conditions so that these stores sell as many Georgian goods as the country produces,” he said...