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Over 2.6m tonnes of grain, rapeseed harvested in Belarus
The regional breakdown is the following: Brest Oblast harvested 718,600 tonnes of grain (including rapeseed), Minsk Oblast 626,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast 602,500 tonnes, Gomel Oblast 324,200 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast 236,200 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast 112,600 tonnes...

Belarus, Nicaragua outline promising areas of cooperation
The Belarusian-Nicaraguan business forum took place in Managua to identify the most promising areas of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. Among them are supplies of Belarusian electric transport, agricultural machinery, and medicines to the Central American country...

Over 2.3m tonnes of grain and rapeseed threshed in Belarus
Gomel Oblast and Brest Oblast are finishing harvesting winter rapeseed (98.5% and 95%). The regional breakdown is the following: Brest Oblast harvested 639,500 tonnes of grain (including rapeseed), Minsk Oblast 560,500 tonnes, Grodno Oblast 546,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast 314,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast 215,800 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast 97,100 tonnes...

Contracts worth $85m signed during Golovchenko’s visit to Nicaragua
"Intensive, hard work of enterprises and government agencies has culminated today with the signing of a big package of agreements and contracts"...

Belarus to ship 700 units of equipment to Nicaragua
Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said as he met with Laureano Facundo Ortega Murillo, Nicaragua's Presidential Adviser on Investment, Trade and International Cooperation...

Belarus, China to set up working group on investment cooperation
The parties discussed the preparation of joint bilateral documents on a working group on investment cooperation of the Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation of the Belarusian-Chinese Intergovernmental Committee for Cooperation...

Over 2.1m tonnes of grain, rapeseed threshed in Belarus
The regional breakdown is the following: Brest Oblast harvested 589,500 tonnes, Minsk Oblast 519,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast 477,100 tonnes, Gomel Oblast 289,100 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast 200,300 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast 88,300 tonnes...

Flydubai, Aeroflot increase number of flights to Minsk
The increased number of flights will help meet the traditionally high demand for air passenger travel in summer, the airport said...

PM names priorities of Belarus-Cuba cooperation
"We are very grateful to Belarus for supplying powdered milk, which is very important for our country; our children need this valuable product. We will continue to work together and do our best to bring our plans to fruition,” said Manuel Marrero Cruz...

Belarus’ GDP up by 5% in H1 2024
According to estimates, in January-June 2024 the GDP amounted to Br113.8 billion in current prices, up by 5% in comparable prices year-on-year...

PM: Belarus,Cuba resume tractor assembly project
Cooperation with Cuba in the medical sector is of great interest for Belarus...

PM: Belarus,Cuba double trade in 2023
"In January-May of this year, according to our statistics, bilateral trade rose by another 20%"...

Belarus’ grain, rapeseed harvest surpasses 1.9m tonnes
The regional breakdown is the following: Brest Oblast harvested 530,300 tonnes, Minsk Oblast 465,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast 415,700 tonnes, Gomel Oblast 271,100 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast 181,500 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast 77,300 tonnes...

Belarus, Russia’s Chuvashia map out ways to enhance cooperation
This is important because the Belarusian president has set a task to double trade with Chuvashia. "This is a serious task that needs work. Development instructions have been given, and we will discuss ways to achieve them," the minister said...

Belarus' economic zones register 36 companies since 1 January 2024
The aggregate amount of declared investments approximates $270 million; more than 1,600 new jobs are to be created...

Belarus’ grain, rapeseed harvest surpasses 1.7m tonnes
The regional breakdown is the following: Brest Oblast harvested 460,300 tonnes, Minsk Oblast 417,500 tonnes, Grodno Oblast 361,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast 250,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast 161,300 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast 68,000 tonnes...

PM: Belarus, Venezuela will implement all agreements, reach new ones
In his words, a number of landmark projects for Venezuela have been implemented jointly with Belarus in construction, industry, agriculture, military-technical sector. All the projects were launched under Hugo Chavez...

Belarusian vice premier outlines cooperation areas with Russia’s Chuvashia
Industrial cooperation is a major point of bilateral interaction, the deputy prime minister said. The issue has become especially relevant given the sanctions pressure that is exerted on the two countries...

Doubling trade between Belarus, Russia's Chuvash Republic described as feasible
Oleg Nikolayev told reporters that the Chuvash Republic and Belarus have already built solid cooperation ties, first of all, in mechanical engineering, which is important for ensuring the technological sovereignty of the two states...

Ambassador: Russia plans to extend another tranche to Belarus for high-tech projects
As part of the first tranche the two parties gained experience in drawing up roadmaps to import-substituting projects in microelectronics (including the creation of a component base for the needs of this industry), machine tool building, aircraft construction, the Belarusian ambassador said...