Belarusians pay as much as 72% of the prime cost of electricity, Mikhail Malashenko, Deputy Chairman of the State Standardization Committee, Director of the Committee’s Energy Effectiveness Department, declared. “At present the population pays 72% of the prime cost of electricity and 17% of the prime cost of heating energy,” noted Mikhail Malashenko. In his…
Belarus is expected to increase rapeseed output in 2017. According to market operators, rapeseed winterkilling did not exceed 3% that is the minimal level over the last seasons and it could be offset by spring varieties. On the assumption of average yield at 1.6 ton/ha, rapeseed production could at least double last year result. Weather…
The European Union is ready to provide all-round support to Belarus in developing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Head of the European Union Delegation to Belarus Andrea Wiktorin said at the presentation of the peer review project “Upgrading SME Capacity Through Business Support Services in Belarus” on March 15. Andrea Wiktorin emphasized the urgency of…
Belarus’ experience in dairy farming is great and is worth to learn from, Chairman of the National Union of Milk Producers Soyuzmoloko (Russia) Andrei Danilenko said. “There is no denying that Belarus has a number of objective advantages that enable its farmers to manufacture highly-competitive products in terms of prices. Firstly, Belarus has long been…
An expanded-participation meeting of the board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus reviewed the ministry’s performance in 2016, the press service of the ministry reported. The meeting gathered members of the government, representatives of the Belarus President Administration, the National Assembly, the National Bank, heads of the national government agencies, region executive committees…
Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ trademark) plans to increase its exports by more than 10% as against 2016. The information is posted on the official website of the Belarusian Industry Ministry. The MTZ dealerships based in the European Union have recently held a conference in Vilnius. The event summed up the results of their work in…
Minsk is ready to cooperate with Russian potash fertilizer producer Uralkali if the company respects interests of Belarus to the degree of “200%”. While hearing a report on operation of Belarusian Potash Company, or Belaruskali, the Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko said that representatives of Russia had repeatedly asked him to restore cooperation between Uralkali and…