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January 22, 2009 |
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The President of the Republic of Belarus has signed Ordinance No 1 which brings the declarative principle of business registration into full force as from 1 February 2009. The principle shall be applicable to all businesses with the exception of banks and non-bank financial institutions. |
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December 19, 2008 |
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Both the economy and society will be liberalized in Belarus, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview with heads of leading Belarusian mass media on December 18. |
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December 3, 2008 |
The Investment Forum of the Republic of Belarus was held in London on November 18, 2008 (the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
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November 21, 2008 |
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In January-October 2009 key industries of the Belarusian economy preserved positive dynamics of manufacturing and investment activities, said representatives of the Economy Ministry after analysing the country’s social and economic development over the ten months of the year. |
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November 17, 2008 |
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Each of us would like to live better and therefore we buy new up-to-date goods. To attract customer’s attention, a producer needs to invest continuously in upgrade programmes and new projects. In the era of globalization we cannot rely on internal resources only. All the countries seek to borrow more from other countries. In H1 2008, the Belarusian economy attracted foreign investments at the amount of more than $3.3 billion, or 1.5 times up as against the same period last year. Belarus’ Investment Forum, which will be held in London on November 16-18, may become a powerful impetus to an inflow of capital to Belarus. What kind of arguments will we use to convince foreigner partners to invest in Belarus? |
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November 3, 2008 |
Belarus views Libya as “a close friend and partner with whom we are ready to have a dialogue on any matters,” Alyaksandr Lukashenka said at Monday’s talks with visiting Libyan leader Muammar Abu Minyar al-Qadhafi in Minsk.
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October 30, 2008 |
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Foreign real estate funds may get interested in Belarusian commercial assets in a year or two, Roman Osipov, director of the investment consulting office of investment company Uniter, said during the first international conference “Management of Commercial Real Estate. Building or Purchasing. Renting and Participation Ownership” on October 29. |
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October 22, 2008 |
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In the face of the global financial crisis the Belarusian banking system remains stable, Felix Chernyavsky, President of the Association of Belarusian Banks, said at the Belarusian finance and investment forum in Minsk on October 22. |
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October 20, 2008 |
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Belarusian government provides favourable investment conditions to foreign investors. |
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October 18, 2008 |
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Full return of all bank deposits will be guaranteed in Belarus in line with the presidential decree the National Bank has been commissioned with working out within a short time. Head of state Alexander Lukashenko gave the relevant instruction to Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) Piotr Prokopovich on October 17, BelTA learnt from the presidential press service. |
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October 16, 2008 |
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There are plans to attract over $7 billion of foreign investments into the Belarusian economy, First Deputy Economy Minister of Belarus Piotr Zhabko told a press conference on October 15. |
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October 9, 2008 |
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Belarusian banks have enough liquid funds in national and foreign currencies, declared Sergei Dubkov, member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank, Head of the Central Banking Supervision Department, as he commented on possible consequences of the global financial crisis for the Belarusian banking industry. |
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October 6, 2008 |
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The measures Belarus takes to perfect the business climate are extremely substantial, said Varel Freeman, EBRD First Vice President, as he met with Prime Minister of Belarus Sergei Sidorsky. |
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October 1, 2008 |
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) praise the high professional level of specialists of the banking sector of Belarus.
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October 1, 2008 |
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The main legal documents required for granting concession rights to investors for mining Belarusian mineral deposits will be worked out by the end of October, First Deputy Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister of Belarus Alexander Apatsky told media on September 30. |
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June 12, 2008 |
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In 2007 the direct influence of the instability of global financial markets on Belarus’ economy was limited, says an analytic review “Financial stability in the Republic of Belarus in 2007” presented by the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB). |
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June 11, 2008 |
Belarus is the only CIS country whose geopolitical preferences haven’t been defined yet.
This proposition may seem absurd, because formally everything is clear-cut: Minsk has been in alliance with Moscow. But in reality everyone has learned that you can hardly find a better advocate of national independence than the Belarusian president. |
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June 6, 2008 |
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While the system constructed in Belarus over the last decade may not have been the most repressive in the post-Soviet world, it was certainly the most Soviet -- in terms of both the people that run it and the socioeconomic reality. |
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