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Reactor vessel to arrive at Belarusian nuclear power plant construction site on 24 December
The reactor vessel is supposed to cross the Belarusian-Russian border today, papers are being processed now. It is expected to arrive at the railway station Bobrovniki on 24 December...

Iraq keen on developing economic relations with Belarus
"The two countries have been enjoying friendly relations for many years. It should remain so in the future. The current visit is a step in this direction”...

Belarus’ Development Bank branches out to London
"Belarus is becoming an object of close attention from international investment banks, funds and companies. The interest in our state is on the rise and we feel it"...

Belarus, Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia plan to start cooperating in pharmaceutics
"There is a wide range of areas where Belarus and Yaroslavl Oblast can cooperate and build up ties. We should not stop, we need to work harder"...

Mogilev Oblast prepares investment projects to spend Chinese loans
According to the source, investing in the region will primarily focus on Mogilev Oblast’s southeastern parts. All the projects, which promise to generate jobs, taxes and decent salaries, will not be left without support...

New distribution center set up to promote Belarusian products in Russia’s east
“The office of the consolidated distribution center of Belarusian products in Russia is located in Novosibirsk. It has been set up because so far Belarusian goods are scarcely present in Siberia and the eastern part of Russia"...

Prospects for Belarus exports to Russia in 2016 viewed as optimistic
"Russian customers are well familiar with Belarusian products. Contracts are being signed now. The list of products is being expanded. So is the list of players in this market”...

Brest Oblast shows interest in business cooperation with Kazakhstan
The Brest Oblast Governor named the construction sector and logistics among promising areas to develop bilateral cooperation...

MAZ buses shipped to Moldovan Orhei
The relevant contracts were signed with assistance of Orhei Mayor Ilan Shor, city councilors, and directors of the automobile dealerships CBS Motors and Pacific Motors. Ambassador of Belarus to Moldova Sergei Chichuk was also present as a guest of honor...

Lukashenko: Belarus will do its best to meet the needs of Russia’s market
He reminded that a number of key exports produced in Belarus are made from Russian parts, Russian raw materials, i.e. they are real products of Belarus-Russia cooperation...

Putin confirms smooth construction of Belarusian nuclear power plant
Vladimir Putin mentioned the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant as a most important Belarusian-Russian investment project...

Putin: Belarus, Russian increase use of national currencies in mutual settlements
"This year, due to the sharp fluctuations on the foreign exchange market, the trade in dollar terms decreased. When calculated in rubles it rose by 20.6% to RUB1.3 trillion"...

World Bank loans for warmer homes in Belarus
Practice indicates that the buildings that have gone through the thermal renovation procedure boast energy effectiveness twice as high as that of regular buildings. The latter also consume 30-120% more heating energy to achieve the same level of comfort in comparison with buildings compliant with the year 2010 construction standards...

Belarusian Gomselmash to ship 100 grain harvester assembly kits to Russia’s Altai Territory in 2016
The relevant agreement was reached when a Gomselmash delegation visited Altai Territory. According to the source, during the talks the sides confirmed their intention to develop cooperation, which has a history of its own...

Belarusian products in Chinese online stores
According to the source, some of the products made by the Belarusian light industry concern Bellegprom are already promoted via Alibaba and AliExpress. A delegation of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange has been to China...

Belarus, USA to step up cooperation in laser physics, biotechnologies
The development of materials for mechanical engineering and other branches of the national economy were mentioned among promising areas. Research in the area of laser physics, biotechnologies, medical technologies, the development of pharmaceutical products...

Belarus counts on at least $250m trade with Turkmenistan in 2016
Belarus Vice Premier Anatoly Kalinin said during his visit to the Belarusian-Turkmen trade show in Ashgabat...

Gomel Oblast, Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Oblast to set up machine-tool holding company
The holding company will incorporate the machine-tool plants of the two regions. It will give an additional impetus to the bilateral cooperation, Vladimir Dvornik stressed...

DBRB, Italian Banca Intesa to sign €15m loan agreement
It is expected that the Belarusian side will get a financial loan worth €15 million to be used for general financing purposes, including for buying Italian products...

Snopkov: Investment climate of Great Stone Park will be improved
The government official believes that the construction of the subpark in the China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone will provide further incentives to investors...