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Over 50 companies to take part in forestry industry expo in Minsk on 20-23 May
Over 50 organizations and companies specializing in growing and harvesting trees, collecting and processing wood waste, production and delivery of equipment and vehicles used by forestry industry enterprises will take part in the expo...

Belarus’ Development Bank honored by ADFIAP
This week the city of Nha Trang, Vietnam, hosted the 38th Annual Meeting of the ADFIAP which was attended by a Belarusian delegation...

Belarus, Kazakhstan to intensify contacts
Special attention was focused on the cooperation agenda in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)...

Belarus, Kazakhstan to intensify contacts
Special attention was focused on the cooperation agenda in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)...

Belarusian-Czech trade up $540m since 2009
According to the embassy, cooperation with Belarus is profitable for the Czech Republic. Thus, in 2014 the Czech Republic exported almost $300 million worth of goods to Belarus. Belarus imported machinery and equipment for modernization projects...

More Czech joint ventures, foreign-owned enterprises set up in Belarus
At present there are 123 enterprises with Czech capital in Belarus, 23 up from 2013, including 76 joint ventures and 47 foreign-owned enterprises...

Belarusian Agriculture Ministry working to reach U.S. federal retail chains
"The visit will be focused on the development of meat and dairy cattle husbandry. Members of the delegation will visit the largest stock breeding centers, will be made familiar with cutting-edge advances in the sphere of genetics, new approaches to the upkeep and fattening at dairy and meat farms"...

Chinese company to finish installing Vitebsk hydropower plant equipment by March 2016
As a result of the meeting the sides decided that China National Electric Engineering Company (CNEEC) will finish installing the equipment and will ensure the launch of the first unit by March 2016...

New Chinese credit lines to develop private business in Belarus among other projects
“I would also like to give these loans to small businesses, to the private sector. They are free to take them, provided repayment is guaranteed. It is necessary to accelerate the creation of an alternative economy. We would like more private businesses to emerge, work, and develop”...

Belarus-China joint venture to expand line-up of harvesters
Since its founding in 2010, the joint venture has manufactured more than 2,000 combine harvesters of four modifications...

Lukashenko urges to protect domestic market from unjustified import
According to the head of state, a special session will be held in the near future to discuss these issues. At the session the government will prove the need to import certain goods...

Omsk, Mogilev set to establish partnership ties
"Mogilev and Omsk have become closer to each other over the last years. The construction of a plant to produce technical carbon in Mogilev and the increase in trade between Mogilev and Omsk Oblast of Russia prove this”...

Chinese corporation interested in Mogilevkhimvolokno’s polyester project
"According to the protocol of the negotiations, upon receipt of the relevant documentation from OAO Mogilevkhimvolokno the Chinese side will offer possible financing schemes for the project”...

Belwest in talks with Italian investor over joint footwear accessories company
"The legal framework for the implementation of the project is currently under development. The company is now the negotiations with the initiator of the project, an Italian company"...

Belarus, Ecuador to share experience in urban planning and management
“The sides agreed to share the experience in urban planning and management, to facilitate trade and economic ties between Belarusian economic entities and the business community of Guayaquil”...

Belarus looks into increasing supplies of farm equipment to Europe
Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Guryanov told media ahead of the ceremony to award the winners of the Exporter of the Year 2014 contest...

Chinese investors show interest in buying Grodno Hotel
Following the talks with the Chinese delegations at the forum in Minsk, the parties outlined plans that can be implemented in the oblast center with China’s participation...

Interest of German private sector in Belarus on the rise
"This is why we welcome the arrival of investors, who are going to create the enterprises primarily focused on making sophisticated technology products and exporting them to Southeast Asia and Latin America”...

Belarus to ship test batch of brewer's malt to Vietnam
A Belarusian-Vietnamese business forum took place at premises of the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Belarusian foods were sampled...

Riga hosts meeting of Belarus-Latvia mixed commission for international road transportation
The meeting discussed the development of the two-way road transportation activities, implementation of the intergovernmental agreement amending the agreement on international road transportation, and road freight quotas for 2015-2016...