The industrial group Belorusneft is eager to become the national company in charge of operating the network of electric car charging stations in Belarus, the company’s representatives reported. At present Belorusneft operates eight charging stations as part of its refueling stations chain. Three charging stations were commissioned last month – two in Gomel region and…
Belarus plans to crop nearly 10 million tons of grain in 2017, Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats said. “It will be some 10 million tons of bread,” Leonid Zayats said about the 2017 harvest. The minister added that it was a difficult year for the agrarians and there was no confidence in such…
Belarus-Vietnam trade increased almost by one third in H1, Vietnam’s Ambassador to Belarus Le Anh announced. “Over the six months of 2017 the bilateral trade grew by 29.8% YoY. We have another six months to increase the figures. There are prospects to reach great results by the end of the year,” said Le Anh. According…
The mechanical engineering company Belkommunmash is exploring the possibilities of supplying electric buses to Moscow, St Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg, Vitaly Shkuratov, head for marketing and sales in Belarus and Russia at the Management Company of the Belkommunmash Holding Company, reported. “We are considering exporting electric buses to Moscow, St Petersburg, and Yekaterinburg. The trial operation…
The first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant will be commissioned in December 2019, Anatoly Bondar, Chief Engineer of the state enterprise Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, said. It was reported earlier that the first unit was scheduled to come online in 2019, and the second one in 2020. “The deadline for the commissioning of…
The Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) has decided to reduce the refinancing rate from 12% to 11.5% per annum on September 13, the information and public relations office of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus reported. The interest rates on standing and bilateral transactions designed to maintain…
Services worth $281.9 million were rendered in H1 as part of the general contract to build the Belarusian nuclear power plant, according to the Belarusian Energy Ministry website. In H1 work continued to build the first and second power-generating units of the Belarusian nuclear power plant as well as the facilities the entire power plant…