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October 6, 2008 |
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Belarus is interested in expanding the international contacts in the area of increasing energy efficiency, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Valery Voronetsky said at an opening ceremony of an expert regional seminar on the issues of increasing energy efficiency in Central and Eastern Europe. The event is taking place in Minsk on October 6. |
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October 4, 2008 |
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Belarusian companies intend to present 72 investment projects at the investment forum in London. |
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October 4, 2008 |
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Belarus would like to strengthen the relations with Germany in all areas, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Valery Voronetsky said at an official meeting on the occasion of the national holiday of Germany – the Day of German Unity. |
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October 3, 2008 |
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The Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange (BCSE) registered dealing on purchasing shares of Belarusian enterprises by Harvest Invest Group. |
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October 3, 2008 |
Polish companies are ready to invest up to EUR 200 million in the Belarusian economy. The Embassy of Belarus in Poland has started assisting ten investment projects launched by Polish companies, the chief of the trade and economic service of the Belarusian diplomatic mission in Warsaw, Alexander Averyanov, told BelTA.
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October 3, 2008 |
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Public sector companies should vigorously adopt positive practices used by private businesses, said President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko visiting glass factories in the Gomel oblast on October 3. |
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October 2, 2008 |
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The agricultural machinery of Bobruiskagromash received a certificate in Serbia, deputy chief of the marketing and foreign trade department of the company Vasily Tsarik told BelTA. |
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October 2, 2008 |
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Between 2006 and 2010 Belarus will scrap a total of 20 taxes. The Belarusian Finance Ministry told BelTA, 27 taxes will be left, including eight regular ones. |
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October 2, 2008 |
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $175 million in Belarus since 2003, Economy Minister of Belarus Nikolai Zaichenko told deputies on October 2. |
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October 2, 2008 |
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Enterprises producing biofuel will be set up in all the regions of Belarus, Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky told reporters. |
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October 1, 2008 |
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The interest of foreign investors in Belarus is on the rise, Chairman of the German-Belarusian Economic Club Klaus Bayer said in Minsk on October 1 during the opening of the German Economy Day in Belarus. |
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October 1, 2008 |
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Vertu Company considers the Belarusian market as one of promising among the CIS countries, Vertu regional manager in Russia and CIS Kari Hirvonen told a press conference in Minsk on September 30. |
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September 30, 2008 |
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Priorbank is the first Belarusian bank to become a participant of the Global Trade Finance Program as an emitting bank as part of the relevant agreement signed with the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The agreement has come into force. |
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September 30, 2008 |
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In 2009, Belarus plans to increase sowed areas for legumes and oilseed, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. |
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September 30, 2008 |
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Minsk Engine Plant (MMZ trademark) has sent a Euro-4-compliant engine D-245 to Pavlovo Bus Plant (Russia) for testing. The engine’s capacity is 136 hp (100kW), told in Business Relations Agency. |
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September 29, 2008 |
Joint venture MAZ-MAN has started manufacturing all-wheel-drive trucks MAZ-6317.
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September 26, 2008 |
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The Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant (MZKT trademark) announced that for the eight months 2008, export of the company increased 2.1 times over the same period last year to reach $73 million. |
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September 25, 2008 |
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A team of Austrian businessmen will pay a visit to Belarus on October 2-3, said in the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. |
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September 24, 2008 |
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The 7th international conference Assessment and Investments in Belarus will be held in Minsk on September 25-26. |
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September 23, 2008 |
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Hewlett-Packard company (HP) plans to increase the amount of investments poured into the development of the Belarusian market of information technologies, Konstantin Leonov, Regional Director of Hewlett-Packard’s subsidiary company Hewlett-Packard Bel, told a press conference in Minsk on September 23. |
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September 23, 2008 |
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The Belarusian-Vietnamese trade and economic cooperation can be more advanced, said Vice Premier of Belarus Alexander Kosinets as he met with Minister of Culture, Sport and Tourism of Vietnam Hoang Tuan Anh on September 23. |
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September 22, 2008 |
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The Krynitsa Brewery is getting ready to receive new equipment for the third stage of its upgrading. Eight new cylinder-conic tanks of the Ziemann Gmbh Company (Germany) will be delivered on October 4-5. |
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September 22, 2008 |
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The situation registered on external financial markets presents no essential threat for the economy and the banking industry of Belarus thanks to the stable status of major economic and financial partners of the country as well as sufficient durability of the national economy and the banking industry. |
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September 21, 2008 |
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Belarus and India has been efficiently developing relations in the area of the personnel retraining, BelTA learnt from Deputy Foreign Minister Viktor Gaisenok. |
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September 19, 2008 |
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Belarusian head of state Alexander Lukashenko has approved a draft Belarusian-Libyan convention on avoiding double taxation and preventing income tax evasion. |
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September 19, 2008 |
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Customers are already queuing up to buy the future BelAZ rock hauler with the payload capacity of 360 tonnes, BelTA learnt from Oleg Stepuk, First Deputy General Designer, General Designer for Mining Vehicles of Belarusian Autoworks. |
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September 17, 2008 |
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In January-July Belarus’ foreign trade in goods and services swelled by 57.2% in comparison with the same period of last year to $47.8 billion, the Ministry of Statistics and Analysis told BelTA. |
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September 15, 2008 |
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The Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus approved, by its Decision of September 1, 2008 No. 129, the quota of the foreign capital in the Belarusian banking system (up to 50%). |
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September 15, 2008 |
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The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus approved, by its Decision of September 3, 2008 No. 1283, the Agreement on Economic Cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Hungary, signed on May 23, 2008 in Budapest. |
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August 21, 2008 |
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The World Bank’s first assessment on the doing business environment in Belarus will be published in September 2008, Alexander Topilin, deputy director of the business department of the Economy Ministry, told reporters in Minsk on August 21. |
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