Business news

Belarus to export more oil products to Moldova
Belarus supplies high-quality products to Moldova. They are in demand and are highly appreciated by consumers...

Belarus to join Global Entrepreneurship Week in November
The key event of the Week will be the 5th International Entrepreneurship Forum slated for 16 November. The forum will include a discussion on efficient financial instruments for business promotion...

Development Bank to take over assets of Belarusian basic woodworking enterprises
Sergei Rumas said that in accordance with presidential decree No. 257 of 24 June 2015 the Development Bank had arranged an independent audit of the business plans of all the nine basic woodworking industry enterprises...

Latvia praises IT industry development in Belarus
"Apart from traditional partnership in mechanical engineering, woodworking, transport and transit Belarus and Latvia should promote cooperation in the area of science and information technologies"...

Belenergo, Renewables Academy to cooperate
Belenergo and RENAC agreed to cooperate in promoting the efficient use of energy in industry, retail, construction, energy production and distribution, and connecting renewable energy to the grid...

Roscosmos hopes for deep space exploration partnership with Belarus
A conference of representatives of executive government agencies of the CIS member states is scheduled to take place in Minsk on 22-23 October to discuss cooperation in space exploration. Participants of the event, including representatives of Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, are discussing promising avenues of cooperation and ways to implement them..

Belarus president orders woodworking industry modernization assessment reports
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko gave the relevant instructions at the government conference held to discuss the fulfillment of the head of state’s instructions concerning the development of basic woodworking industry enterprises...

Venezuela president attends Belarusian machines factory’s opening ceremony
Ambassador of Belarus to Venezuela Oleg Paferov took part in the opening ceremony. The Belarusian diplomat briefly talked to Nicolas Maduro. Several matters of bilateral cooperation were raised during the conversation...

Belarus, Russia to draft agreement on exchange of defense R&D information
“We have decided to establish cooperation in innovation technologies"...

Delegations from 11 countries to participate in Business Days in Gomel
The Business Days in Gomel will discuss the topical issues of foreign trade and include four sessions on different topics: the system of transport logistics Europe-Belarus-Asia of the Silk Road Economic Belt project, the latest technologies in construction...

Novopolotsk economic forum to gather businessmen from EU, Belarus, Russia
The event will feature a business matchmaking session, an exhibition-presentation of the leading producers of Novopolotsk, Polotsk and Verkhnedvinsk, a presentation of Novopolotsk’s investment potential...

EBRD working on new strategy for Belarus for 2016-2019
The parties discussed the cooperation between Belarus and the EBRD. Besides, Sergei Aleinik and Philippe Le Houerou exchanged views on the current social and economic situation in Belarus and the region...

Belarusian army to deploy Yak-130 aircraft soon
Belarusian pilots are busy mastering four Yak-130 aircraft now. Another four aircraft will be delivered in H2 2016. The Belarusian pilots have mastered the use of all the available weapons...

Lukashenko instructs government to pay closer attention to pricing
"Let us take a look at who benefits the most from this price formation which usually leads to price increase (especially if it is uncontrolled). A producer? Not, actually. Those who produce goods get peanuts"...

Belarus government told to focus on merchandise export
"You’ve always said that prices for energy resources and the raw materials we don’t have are very high. We have all the other things — technologies and well-trained personnel. The prices for raw materials are at their lowest now. Make and sell"...

Belarus, Germany to discuss cooperation in energy in Berlin on 22 October
The Belarusian-German working group on energy efficiency and renewable energy will have its first session during the Day the Belarusian Economy...

Latvia expects to cooperate with Belarus in Silk Road project
Director of the Latvia Investment and Development Agency Andris Ozols told media...

Latvia shows interest in cooperation with Belarus in science, IT
"Belarus and Latvia maintain close trade, economic and cultural ties. However, the countries need to expand their cooperation areas"...

Grodno Oblast to twin with Kazakhstan’s Zhambyl Oblast
"We are confident that our two regions need closer business contacts, economic ties and more robust cooperation in education, culture and tourism"...

Belarusian investment forum in Istanbul on 12-13 November
Participants of the event will be able to discuss opportunities for investment cooperation, peculiarities and advantages of doing business with the Belarusian side...