Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei met with Michael Harms, Executive Director of Germany’s Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations, to discuss ways to step up the cooperation between the two countries, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. “The parties discussed prospects for bolstering the trade and investment cooperation…
Belarusian producer prices in October increased by 0.3% MoM (up by 8.1% compared to the level of December 2015), the National Statistical Committee (Belstat) reported. Construction prices grew by 0.5% MoM (up by 3.4% compared to the level of December 2015). Freight tariffs (all means of transportation) reduced by 0.5% MoM but increased by 4.5%…
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov urged to complete the cotton harvest in the country, the Turkmen government said in a message. In this regard, the Turkmen president instructed to keep the course of agricultural work under constant control in order to speed up the harvesting of the remaining part of raw cotton, as well as…
Kazakh National Bank will issue a commemorative banknote with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, said the message from the bank. The 10,000-tenge banknote will be issued by the Day of the First President on December 1. “The history of Kazakhstan’s Independence is inextricably linked with the personality of the head of state”, National Bank’s head Daniyar…
Inflation in Kazakhstan will remain within the target range of 6-8% in 2017 and will begin to smoothly enter into the corridor of 5-7% in 2018 on the baseline scenario, Kazakh Economy ministry says in its forecast. The baseline scenario envisages Brent oil price at $40 per barrel. “Inflation will slow down as a result…
Bellesbumprom companies have increased the export to Turkey by more than 30% in January-September, the spokesperson for Bellesbumprom Concern Ruzhena Novitskaya reported. “The foundation of our trade and economic relations was laid during the visits of the chairman of Bellesbumprom Concern to Turkey who took part in the Belarusian Investment Forum in Istanbul in November…
The economic efforts made by the Belarusian Government and the National Bank over the past two years have been effective, Belarus’ Deputy Economy Minister Dmitry Krutoy said when speaking at the 11th international conference on Eurasian economic integration in Moscow. “In recent years a consensus has been reached in Belarus on the main objective which…