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UK interested in cooperation with Belarus in training IT specialists
The conversation also touched upon the main areas of focus of the Information Technologies and Communications Ministry as well as the largest projects of the five-year term. Those include the creation of the Belarusian integrated service and payment system, the national system for paperless trade...

Lukashenko: Banking system should facilitate economic development
“All systems should be normal, transparent, and understandable for our partners, including market participants in the West. I do not deny it. But the economy should work,” the head of state emphasized...

Belarusian Innovation Fund acquires new functions
In accordance with the decree, the Belarusian Innovation Fund will get the status of an innovative infrastructure object. The maximum period of using money provided by the Belarusian Innovation Fund is increased from 5 to 7 years...

Quality of Belarusian products praised in Tajikistan
“Cooperation agreements have been signed between the Chambers of Commerce of Tajikistan and Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Minsk, Mogilev, Vitebsk, Brest and Gomel regions. The business communities of the two countries develop cooperation at the regional level,” Sharif Said noted...

Belarus president okays one-year respite for defaulting investors
Alexander Lukashenko said: “I am ready to look into the violation of construction contracts by investors. But I don’t want us to make a habit of dropping sanctions for defaulted obligations. Because we would once again get a massive amount of unfinished construction like that. If they promise something, they’d better stay on schedule"...

Two Austrian companies set to invest over $500m in Belarus
The Austrian companies Velcom, Raiffeisen Bank, Kronospan and others successfully operate in Belarus. This sends a signal to other Austrian businesses that Belarus is a stable country that offers access to its own market and the market of the whole Eurasian Economic Union,” Vladimir Ulakhovich stressed...

Belarus’ participation in Expo Dubai 2020 discussed in UAE
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the United Arab Emirates Roman Golovchenko met with UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation and Managing Director for the Dubai World Expo 2020 Bid Committee Reem Al-Hashimy...

Belarus, China to cooperate in customs personnel training
The document was signed during a visit to a delegation of the Belarusian customs bodies led by Chairman of the State Customs Committee Yuri Senko to China...

Mutual interest in expanding Belarus-Finland trade contacts
The head of the Belarusian delegation met with Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Timo Soini. The sides discussed the state and prospects of advancing Belarusian-Finnish relations as well as Belarus’ interaction with the European Union and interaction within the framework of international organizations...

Bellegprom becomes associated member of Euratex
The decision on Bellegprom was taken during the 20th Euratex General Assembly held in Brussels on 9 June. It was attended by Belarus’ Permanent Representative in the EU Andrei Yevdochenko and Bellegprom’s delegate Anna Dashkova...

Belarus, Pakistan to strengthen cooperation in customs matters
The Council of the Republic ratified the agreement between the governments of Belarus and Pakistan on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters...

Germany invited to set up hi-tech cluster in China-Belarus industrial park Great Stone
"Germany has been a key foreign partner of Belarus since the very first days of independence. We are grateful to Germany for supporting the Council of the European Union’s decisions to lift sanctions from Belarus. A unique opportunity is emerging for advancing our relations to a brand new level,” stressed Andrei Kobyakov...

IAEA experts evaluate Belarusian nuclear power plant personnel training
The IAEA experts analyzed the current state of affairs in the personnel training system, including workforce planning, regulatory documents, requirements for personnel, and the availability of academic programs, and worked out an action plan meant to further develop and improve the Belarusian nuclear power plant’s personnel training system...

Russian specialists speak highly of Belarusian Antarctic module design
"Permanent construction methods are primarily used in Antarctica at present, requiring the delivery of building structures and machines at a great financial cost. Our design is cheaper and simpler to assemble. In other words, the sections are manually assembled to make a module,” said Alexei Gaidashov...

Minsk hosts fifth EU-Belarus Dialogue on Economic and Financial Issues
During the consultations, the parties reviewed in detail the entire set of macroeconomic and financial issues, macroeconomic developments and structural reform challenges...

Belarusian orchard to be planted in Russia’s Sakhalin Oblast
“Sakhalin Oblast authorities have invited us to plant an orchard. Specialists of our research center for foodstuffs will visit Sakhalin to have a look at the plot of land we have been offered and plant a Belarusian orchard there using Belarusian technologies,” the minister noted...

MPs urged to maximize efforts to strengthen Union State’s economic positions
Vladimir Andreichenko believes that the Union State MPs should pay more attention to the implementation of a coherent industrial policy, the creation of equal conditions for economic entities, establishing common tariffs for energy, so much so that not all is smooth in these matters, he said...

Call for working out Belarus-Russia common energy space criteria
The construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant with Rosatom’s assistance is the key Russian-Belarusian project in the power supply system. Progress has been secured in the establishment of the common energy space. Now we have to work out precise criteria for what we are going to call the common space...

Rapota: Union State programs should embrace more scientific areas
“We would like these programs to embrace a wider range of areas. First of all, our scientists, academies of sciences, research institutes specializing in medicine, electronics, machine-building, new materials, biotechnologies are interested in it”...

Belarus’ PM visits Belagro 2016 expo
The Premier got familiar with the exposition of the country’s biggest industrial companies, including the Minsk Tractor Works, and visited a food exhibition and a fishing village...