Events

Finance Ministry: BelNPP loan period extended by two years, interest reduced to 3.3%
"This will allow using the loan until the nuclear power plant is commissioned in 2022"...

Vitebsk Oblast urged to do more to promote tourism industry
The president emphasized that if the travel industry picks up steam in Belarus, then the country will have to think less of food exports...

Regional development named key task for Belarus
He noted that the country has programs and plans for large and small cities, rural settlements, on accelerated development of cities and districts with a population of about 80,000...

EEC confirms Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting in Minsk on 17 July
"The agenda includes a wide range of issues of Eurasian integration in trade, functioning of the domestic market, competition, industry, technical regulation, and other issues"...

Prime ministers of Belarus, Russia exchange achievements in tax digitalization
According to Roman Golovchenko, the parties discussed cooperation in the digitalization of the taxation sector. Belarusian tax services also have an extensive experience in digitalization and tax administration...

Prime ministers of Belarus, Russia sign documents in sphere of energy
Roman Golovchenko stressed that all the signed documents meet Belarus’ interests...

Air service, railway service between Belarus, Russia to be restored within days
Asked to clarify when exactly the border will be reopened, Roman Golovchenko said: "No specific dates have been given. They asked us to wait for an official decision"...

Ways to step up Belarusian-British economic cooperation discussed
They discussed ways to step it up in the future. Opinions about progress of the presidential election campaign in Belarus were exchanged...

Mishustin: We keep in constant contact with Belarusian partners amid pandemic
In his opinion, the trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and Russia has been developing successfully. Last year the trade between the two countries exceeded $35 billion...

Prime ministers of Belarus, Russia eager to sign package of documents in sphere of energy
He specified that those are agreements concerning the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant and payments for the Russian energy resources Belarus imports...

EAEU countries mull over joint space project
"After the EAEU presidents gave the relevant instructions, representatives of space agencies and leading manufacturers of space technology embarked on the joint work to develop the interstate program. A high-quality documents with great prospects has been developed"...

Lukashenko congratulates Poland President Andrzej Duda on re-election
The Belarusian head of state expressed the hope for further strengthening of trust- and respect-based good neighborly relations and constructive cooperation between Minsk and Warsaw in every area of mutual interest...

Lukashenko sends National Day greetings to France
This was boosted through the increased trade and the implementation of projects in various areas...

Prime ministers of Belarus, Russia to negotiate in Moscow on 14 July
The sides are expected to discuss a broad range of topical matters concerning Belarus-Russia relations, including in the context of integration processes within the framework of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. Close attention will be paid to trade and economic cooperation...

Lukashenko sends National Day greetings to Montenegro
Aleksandr Lukashenko reaffirmed Belarus’ interest in the enhancement of friendly ties and mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries...

Lukashenko wants Mogilev Oblast’s southeast development program implemented in next five-year plan
"If we implement the program to develop this region, Mogilev Oblast will live. Investments are good and preferences are admirable over there. And people come here"...

Lukashenko: Belarus will build, upgrade 18 bridges within three years
"We have agreed about it with Europeans. This is about transit, including their transit. They are to invest $130 million in it. We asked our ministers and government members to keep in mind that this money should stay here. You should definitely win the tender to build these bridges"...

Belarus’ government adopts action plan for H2 2020
The Council of Ministers is to take stock of Belarus’ social and economic development in January-June and discuss the country’s development in January-September 2020, as well as draft forecasts of Belarus’ social and economic development, major monetary policy guidelines and the 2021 budget...

Draft protocol on amending Belarus-Russia nuclear power plant loan agreement approved
The draft protocol will be used as the basis for negotiations. The Belarusian government has been authorized to conduct negotiations and sign the protocol...

Belarus-EBRD credit agreement on reconstructing M3 Minsk-Vitebsk motorway approved
Belarus will borrow €259 million from the EBRD and will transfer the money to the road construction and maintenance enterprise Minskavtodor-Tsentr for the sake of implementing the projects the agreement stipulates...