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Lukashenko: Regional development should be a throughline of the next five-year period
According to the head of state, the number one task today is to prevent the outflow of economically active population from the regions. This means that people should be provided with well-paying jobs...

Belarus’ GDP up by 4.2% in January-October 2024
According to estimates, in January-October 2024 the GDP amounted to Br204.3 billion in current prices, up by 4.2% in comparable prices year-on-year...

Belarus suggests ways of expanding cooperation with Kostroma Oblast of Russia
The ambassador suggested increasing Belarusian export of city transport vehicles and giving access for Belarus to the transport programs in the region. Belarus can supply electric buses, hybrid trolleybuses, gas-powered buses, and utility vehicles...

Plans to launch forum of regions of Belarus, Kazakhstan
"In our opinion, this is a very effective format to advance cooperation in various fields"...

PM: Belarus-Kazakhstan trade exceeds $1bn
"The results are good but we should not sit idle by. It is obvious that our potential is greater"...

Russia, Kazakhstan, UAE among top agricultural buyers at Belarusian commodity exchange
Belarusian butter, milk powder, cheese, meat products and sugar have been the most sought-after commodity items among foreign traders...

Belarusian Gomel Oblast, Russia's Nizhny Novgorod to expand cooperation
About 450 organizations with Russian capital are registered in the region. More than 550 Gomel enterprises are represented on the Russian market...

Belarus taking part in FoodExpo Qazaqstan
The exposition of Belarusian producers “Belarus. The Taste of Nature” arranged by Belinterexpo features eight Belarusian companies, including well-known meat brands from Volkovysk, Grodno, Oshmyany, Pinsk and Slonim...

Belarus’ Brest Oblast seeks closer cooperation with Türkiye
In particular, Brest Oblast will be interested in developing cooperation in industry (including light industry), woodworking. Piotr Parkhomchik suggested organizing a meeting of business circles of Brest Oblast and Türkiye...

Commodity exchanges of Belarus, Pakistan to intensify cooperation
As a futures exchange, PMEX is particularly interested in BUCE's practices of organizing and conducting spot exchange trading, which involves immediate payment and delivery of goods in case of a transaction...

Belarus’ harvest 2024 at 10.3m tonnes of grain, rapeseed
According to Vladimir Grakun, the ability of Belarusian farmers to make the best use of the accumulated experience and changing weather conditions helps them get stable harvests...

Commodity exchanges of Belarus, Ghana outline promising areas of cooperation
GCX expressed its readiness to assist in attracting producers of such popular items in Belarus as soybeans, corn and rice to BUCE's auctions. Belarus is planning to supply meat products, flour and wheat gluten to Ghana...

Vegetable harvest in Belarus almost complete
According to the latest data, Belarusian farmers have harvested 154,400 tonnes of vegetables, with the yields (exclusive of peas) at 360.8 centners per hectare...

Lukashenko wants export of flax goods doubled over five years
In his speech Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that Belarus had managed to accomplish a lot in flax farming and in making flax goods but most importantly it had managed to preserve the industry although there are still considerable problems...

Lukashenko: Intellectual technologies should become the engine of progress in Belarus
The president stressed that Belarus’ intellectual potential is colossal. The republic is a state with a very high level of human development...

Lukashenko presents Belarusian axe during master class on firewood chopping
In his words, the axe turned out to be quite good. It is a bit heavier than imports. It may be an advantage when a heavy chunk of wood needs to be dealt with...

Belarus ready to offer extensive cooperation to Russia’s Tula Oblast
In addition, Belarus has modern technologies and produces equipment for water purification, water treatment, water disposal, which could also become a direction of cooperation with the Russian region, the deputy prime minister said...

African countries named among Belarus’ priority export markets
Describing the economic potential of Belarus, the speaker spoke about the successes achieved in the IT industry, mechanical engineering, precision farming, the creation of new medicines and methods in healthcare...

PM: Belarus, Russia need to team up to develop import-substituting software
He also urged to make full use of the provisions of the Union State decree on the common industrial policy and the intergovernmental agreement on the recognition of technological operations...

Governor: Tula Oblast has extensive business interests in Belarus
Dmitry Milyaev stressed that partnership relations have been established between Belarus and Tula Oblast and that the cooperation is gradually gaining movement. The major industries that are the backbone of the cooperation are the chemical industry, mechanical engineering, metallurgy and the military-industrial complex...