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Four resident companies of Belarus’ Hi-Tech Park make Global Outsourcing 100
The 2016 Top 100 features EPAM Systems, IBA Group, Intetics, and Itransition...

Claims about incident at Belarusian nuclear power plant construction site unconfirmed
The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry reminded that permanent oversight measures are in place to ensure the safety of construction and commissioning of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. In particular, the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department has a special team of seven inspectors working at the construction site...

Belarusian Energy and Ecology Forum scheduled for 11-14 October
The expo and congress Energy. Ecology. Energy Saving. Electro will be held as part of the forum...

New goods viewed as prospect for Belarus’ exports to Russia
Belarusian companies have been expanding the assortment of supplies to Russia through modified equipment, new brands of food products, high-technology goods that win the corresponding niches on the Russian market", Igor Petrishenko noted...

Belarus plans to set up trading house in Sakhalin Oblast of Russia
“We want to set up a trading house, which will sell products of our food processing industry and also goods made by our light industry, woodworking and furniture companies. We are willing to deliver everything that residents of Sakhalin Oblast might need,” the minster said...

Belarus invited to use Sakhalin as springboard for exports to Pacific Rim countries
Sakhalin Oblast Governor Oleg Kozhemyako told reporters during a meeting with Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats...

Grodno Oblast delegation to attend expo in Russia’s Komi Republic
"Today we are eager to discuss ways to bolster our trade and investment cooperation and develop joint projects,” Vladimir Kravtsov emphasized...

Surikov: Russia, Belarus should work together to become more competitive
“There must be clear understanding that Russia and Belarus should strengthen the competitiveness of their economies. In this situation, we need to step up, first of all, the integration processes in addition to cooperation ties. Yesterday Alexander Lukashenko said beautiful words that the countries should not compete with each other but work together”...

Belarus, Russia urged to shift from simple cooperation to joint venture activities
“We need more powerful organizations in order to be a tougher competitor on the market,” the Ambassador noted...

No agreement on Russian gas price for Belarus yet
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Alexander Surikov made the statement...

Comprehensive inspection of Belarusian nuclear power plant construction project in progress
The decisions on launching the comprehensive inspection, the timeframe, the supervisor, the composition of the commission and the matters they will look into have been made by the working group on coordinating oversight of the Belarusian nuclear power plant construction project...

Belarus, Russia to keep negotiating natural gas price
“We’ve discussed [the natural gas price] and will continue negotiating it. We have not come up with concrete decisions for now, but there are areas we are going to continue talking about,” noted the Prime Minister...

Lukashenko: Belarus, Russia should step up effort to develop coherent industrial policy
“Removing barriers, developing the coherent industrial policy and common market are in our common interest. We should not compete with each other but pool resources to compete with foreign corporations within the State Union, and then go into competition with them in foreign markets"...

Call for Belarus-Russia R&D breakthrough via joint efforts
“Russian regions that have major scientific and industrial centers, outstanding higher education institutions could make their substantial contribution to cooperation organization"...

Russia President suggests increasing imports from Belarus
“Belarus is our key economic partner. It is our main trading partner in the CIS. The Russian market accounts for half of Belarusian exports. However, the figure can be even higher,” Vladimir Putin said...

Russian ZiO-Podolsk ships equipment to Belarusian nuclear power plant
Another set of equipment for an SPP-1200 system is being manufactured for the second power-generating unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant...

Minsk Oblast, Russia’s Vologda Oblast to set up big transport, logistics company
“Today we have signed a cooperation agreement with Minsk Oblast. Now our task is to use this agreement to develop specific projects and programs beneficial to both sides"...

Kobyakov: Belarus-Russia trade back on track
The Prime Minister of Belarus stated that in January-April 2016 the physical volume of the Belarusian export to Russia totaled 105.9%, that of the Russian export to Belarus reached 100.7%...

Russia’s Khakassia eager to buy Belarusian trucks, agricultural machines
Viktor Zimin, Head of the Republic of Khakassia, Russia told...

Call for more effort to set up Belarusian-Russian joint ventures
“Due to objective circumstances when there are problems with non-CIS states, decent opportunities for joint investment commercial operations open up for both Belarusian and Russian private businesses,” stressed Mikhail Myasnikovich...