Belarus plans to increase its industrial production in Moldova, Belarus’ Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said, as he commented on the forthcoming official visit to Moldova. “We have been steadily developing bilateral cooperation. A number of assembly plants have already been set up. We plan new companies and think of increasing production”, Andrei Kobyakov said. According…
Belarus’ cargo traffic by all means of transport reduced by 4.5% YoY in January-August to 285.566 million tons, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) said in a report. Cargo transportation by railways in January-August stood at 81.602 million tons (down by 5% YoY), including transit cargo traffic – 20 million tons (down by 22.3%).…
OAO Belagroprombank is planning to attract the loan of the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) to sponsor environmental projects. The relevant agreement was signed by the bank and NEFCO on September 28, in Minsk. The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) is an International Financial Institution established by the Nordic Governments in 1990. NEFCO provides results-based…
As of September 29, agricultural organizations of Belarus planted winter grain crops throughout 1.12 million ha, or 83.4% of the plan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food declared. Also, agrarians continued the harvesting campaign. In particular, Belarus harvested 197 thousand tons of corn for grain throughout the areas of 26.7 thousand ha (15.1%). The average…
Belarus plans to sign an agreement with the Export-Import Bank of China to promote Chinese direct investments to the tune of about $5 billion, Belarus’ Economy Minister Vladimir Zinovsky reported. “During this visit (the state visit of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to the People’s Republic of China on September 28-30) a loan agreement with the…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has received an application from the Belarusian government with a request to provide pre-privatization services for five prominent enterprises, Francis Delaey, the EBRD’s Head of Office in Belarus, reported. The EBRD has received an inquiry from the Belarusian government with a request to assist in pre-privatizing five…
The European Union (EU) has announced the doubling of the bilateral assistance package in support to private sector development and strengthening institutions in Belarus from 14.5 million euro in 2015 to 29 million euro in 2016. The EU Representative Office in Belarus posted a message to this effect on its official web site. The funding…