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Fifteen Russian Federation subjects set to sign agreements at Belarus-Russia Forum of Regions
Sergei Kalashnikov pointed out that 80 Russian regions have cooperation agreements with Belarus or its regions. Fourteen regions have councils for business cooperation with Belarus...

Fifteen Russian regions set to sign agreements at Belarus-Russia Forum
Sergei Kalashnikov pointed out that 80 Russian regions have cooperation agreements with Belarus or its regions. Fourteen regions have councils for business cooperation with Belarus. Besides, there are 73 Belarus-Russia intergovernmental agreements regulating the interregional cooperation...

Testing of Belarusian nuclear power plant’s main circulating pump in progress
Main circulating pumps represent an integral part of reactor units in nuclear power plants. A main circulating pump is designed to keep the heat-transport medium flowing in the reactor’s primary circuit. These pumps operate in high pressure conditions...

World Bank’s contribution to Belarus’ social, economic development noted
Among the promising projects that Belarus-World Bank cooperation could focus on in the near future Mikhail Myasnikovich mentioned investments in building the second runway in the Minsk National Airport as well as additional regional projects...

World Bank invited to invest in Minsk National Airport’s second runway
“Developing the country’s transit potential is a strategic priority for us. The World Bank has already been of tremendous help in this regard," said Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov...

Belarus, Turkey to make wood boards together
Kastamonu representatives have already shared their initial vision of cooperation with Belarusian manufacturers of board products. The existing manufacturing facilities will be used to make merchandise under the Kastamonu brand...

Belarusian specialists to undergo training at Novovoronezh NPP
“Future operators of the Belarusian nuclear power plant (BelNPP) near Ostrovets are undergoing training and internships at our training center. We also train representatives of security management agencies,” Vladimir Povarov said...

WTO to hold branding conference in Minsk in 2017
The agreement was reached at the meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Europe that took place in Vilnius...

Over 900m people in 160 countries use mobile apps developed in Belarus
At present the Hi-Tech Park is home to 152 companies that employ about 25,000 engineers, with about 3,000 new jobs created every year. In the last ten years Belarus’ software export has increased by more than 46 time...

German Siemens to maintain China-built power turbine in Belarusian Lukoml
In February 2016 Vitebskenergo began negotiations with Siemens, which manufactures gas turbine equipment that makes part of the combined-cycle gas turbine in Lukoml

Indonesia keen to bolster ties with Belarus in power engineering, material science
"Specific projects of cooperation between scientists of the two countries will be discussed in detail during the Belarusian-Indonesian seminar on technological and innovation cooperation, which will be held at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on 1 June”...

Belarusian defense products to be on display at Belagro 2016 expo
On the whole, the exposition of the State Defense Industries Committee will include 50 samples of equipment. These are displays and computers for special purposes, robotic aviation and ground equipment...

Swedish company to sell timber harvesters to Belarus
The official explained that the machines will be delivered as part of a joint project with the World Bank. Tenders have been held already to buy timber harvesters and forwarders for forest thinning operations. The Swedish company Vimek has won one of the tenders...

Rosatom in research reactor construction talks with Belarus
"Rosatom is now ready to build research centers with reactors abroad. Agreements on such centers in a number of countries are being discussed and prepared for signing, for instance, in Belarus, Tanzania, and many other ones,” said Sergei Kiriyenko...

Mikhadyuk: Safety a key consideration for Belarusian nuclear plant
“The issue of safety was the key one before a decision on the construction of the nuclear power plant was taken. We have been guided by it as we have taken all decisions connected with the implementation of the nuclear energy program,” Mikhail Mikhadyuk said...

Brest Oblast, Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast to sign cooperation agreement
"Brest Oblast has not reduced merchandise export to the Russian market, primarily foods. The export of construction services is another area of efforts"....

Rosatom ready to cooperate with Belarus in establishing research center, nuclear medicine
“Now talks are underway on the construction of a research center at the Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research Sosny. We are also considering the cooperation in the development of nuclear medicine in Belarus"...

Belarus, Lithuania to hold consultations on BelNPP in June
"The BelNPP design corresponds to the post-Fukushima requirements, and includes the optimal set of active and passive safety systems," Mikhail Mikhadyuk noted...

Russian company to stress test Belarusian nuclear power plant
The series of stress tests is supposed to be arranged by the end of the year. The resilience of the Belarusian nuclear power plant against earthquakes, floods, and extreme weather conditions will be tested...

Belarus may partake in infrastructure projects in Egypt
An agreement was reached that the Belarusian side will receive proposals regarding its possible participation in the implementation of a number of regional infrastructure, industrial, agricultural, educational and innovative projects...