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November 19, 2008 |
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American company Navistar is ready to increase investments into Belarus, Navistar Vice President David LaPalomento told media in London on November 18. |
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November 19, 2008 |
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ITERA company appreciates partnership with Belarus, said the head of the ITERA Investment Committee at the Belarus Investment Forum in London on November 18. |
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November 19, 2008 |
The industrial park Metolit of the Belarusian National Technical University and Omar Al Ajaji Medical Group (Saudi Arabia) have signed a cooperation protocol, said the head of the advertising and exhibition department of the park Grigory Senchenko. The document was inked during the National Exhibition of Belarus in the United Arab Emirates that was held in November.
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November 18, 2008 |
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The Belarusian Investment Forum opens in London on Tuesday as the Belarusian government seeks to actively promote the country’s investment opportunities abroad. |
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November 18, 2008 |
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In the near one – two years, the Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ trademark) intends to export about 500 tractors to Great Britain annually, said Alexander Pukhovoi, MTZ Director General. |
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November 18, 2008 |
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International groups and companies are interested in investing in Belarusian insurance companies, Executive Director of Beauchamp & Savrassov company Kirill Savrassov told the press in London on November 17. |
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November 18, 2008 |
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) intends to continue investing in the Belarusian economy, First Vice-Premier of the EBRD Varel Freeman told reporters on November 17. |
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November 17, 2008 |
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The Board of the National Bank of Belarus took a decision to register Zepter Bank and to grant it a special permit (license) to perform banking activities, BelTA learnt from the information department of the National Bank. |
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November 17, 2008 |
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The banking system of Belarus operates stably during the ongoing global financial crisis, Anatoly Drozdov, the chief of the information department of the National bank, told a press conference on November 17. |
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November 17, 2008 |
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The Belarusian Agriculture Ministry will present nine investment projects at the Belarusian Investment Forum in London, BelTA learnt from Tamara Usacheva, the deputy head of the foreign and economic department of the Agriculture Ministry. |
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November 17, 2008 |
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The development of the bilateral cooperation in trade, industry, agriculture, science, education, sport and tourism will be discussed in New-Delhi on November 17-18. The Indian capital will host the 4th session of the Belarusian-Indian intergovernmental commission for cooperation in economy, trade, industry, science, technology and culture. |
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November 17, 2008 |
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Belarus and Germany are going to hold a large-scale economic forum in the Federal Republic of Germany in spring 2009, Klaus Mangold, Chairman of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations, Federation of German Industry, told reporters after his meeting with Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky on November 16. |
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November 15, 2008 |
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Belarus welcomes the European Union’s Eastern Partnership project, Andrey Bushyla, head of the Belarusian foreign ministry's European Integration department, said at the 11th Minsk Forum on Friday. |
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November 15, 2008 |
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The development of the bilateral cooperation in the areas of trade, industry, agriculture, science, education, sport and tourism will be discussed in New Delhi on November 17-18. The Indian capital will host the session of the Belarusian-Indian intergovernmental commission on economic, trade, industrial, sci-tech and cultural cooperation. |
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November 15, 2008 |
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A law on renewable energy sources has been worked out in Belarus, Semyon Kundas, Rector of the A.D. Sakharov International State Ecological University, said during the XI Minsk forum “Neighbourhood and Security: Belarus Prospects in Europe” on November 14. |
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November 14, 2008 |
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Business circles of Belarus will keep Latvian businessmen up to date about the corporization of enterprises and sale of blocks of shares, Economy Minister of Belarus Nikolai Zaichenko said as he commented on the operation of the National Expo of the Republic of Belarus. The expo is taking place in Riga on November 11-15. |
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November 14, 2008 |
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Interest of foreign investors in privatisation processes in Belarus and in enterprises subject to privatisation has noticeably increased recently, Piotr Lukyanov, First Deputy Director of the State Property Fund of the State Property Committee, said during the XI Minsk forum “Neighbourhood and Security: Belarus Prospects in Europe” on November 14. |
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November 13, 2008 |
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Belarus guarantees safety of foreign investment provided certain conditions are met, Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky said while meeting with Latvian businessmen on November 12. |
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November 13, 2008 |
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Latvia is interested in buying Belarusian electricity, Latvian Economy Minister Kaspars Gerhards told reporters in Riga on Wednesday. |
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November 13, 2008 |
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Oracle, the world’s largest software development company, is expected to open a representative office in Belarus soon, Oracle Vice President, Director General for the CIS Boris Shcherbakov told a press conference on November 13. |
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November 13, 2008 |
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Belarus would like to set up joint ventures with Moldova to produce champagne and still wines, said Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Moldova Vasily Sakovich. |
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November 12, 2008 |
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The National Bank of Belarus (NBB) raised on November 12 its base refinance rate by 0.25 percentage points to 11 percent. |
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November 12, 2008 |
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Alyaksandr Lukashenka has, by his presidential edict, authorized a draft interstate convention on the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of income and property tax evasion, which the government is to sign with Spain. |
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November 12, 2008 |
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Belarus’ national stand has been presented for the first time at the 8th international exhibition Armprodexpo 2008 in Yerevan. On the first day the Belarusian exhibits attracted great attention of the visitors including the officials of the ministries and agencies, large Armenian and foreign companies, BelTA learnt from the Belarusian embassy in Armenia. Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan also visited the national stand of Belarus. |
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November 12, 2008 |
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At the first stage of the privatization in Belarus the shares of open joint stock companies set up in 2008-2010 will be sold to large strategic investors, Irina Barkovskaya, head of the state property reformation department of the state property fund under the State Property Committee, said while commenting on Decree No 605 “On some issues of the privatization of national unitary companies”. |
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November 11, 2008 |
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In January-September, Belarus’ foreign trade in goods and services swelled by 53.9% in comparison with the same period of last year as against the annual forecast of 14.5-15.5%, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus said. |
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November 11, 2008 |
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The Vitebsk oblast will present seven investment projects at the amount of more than $130 million at the Belarusian Investment Forum in London. |
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November 11, 2008 |
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The free economic zone Gomel-Raton will present a project aimed at setting up the manufacture of ferrosilicomanganese (FeSiMn) at Belarus’ Investment Forum in London. |
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November 11, 2008 |
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The Belarusian Steel Works (BMZ-trademark) has granted the right of the American Petroleum Institute to apply API Monogram to the pipes produced by the company. Moreover, the Belarusian company has got the certificates which meet standards API Spec. Q1, ISO/TS 29001. |
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November 10, 2008 |
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Russian state corporation Rostekhnologii has suggested creating joint ventures to Belarus, Rostekhnologii Director General Sergei Chemezov told media after meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on November 10. |
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