It is necessary to intensively and effectively develop deposits, extract and process minerals in Belarus. This task was set by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on March 12 at the meeting on the state and development of the mineral resource base of the country, as well as on the expansion of geological exploration, BelTA reports.
Economy
Rotation in the leadership of ministries and local vertical, new CEOs of major enterprises. The President of Belarus considered the personnel issues today.
About 1,700 kilometers of roads are planned to be repaired in Belarus this year. More than a billion rubles will be allocated for this purpose.
Last year the Made in Belarus brand visited 28 exhibitions in 15 countries. Three national expositions were held in Russia, Kazakhstan and China.
The world prices for gold updated the historical maximum on the background of political uncertainty, inflation and active purchase of precious metal by central banks.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko expects that BELAZ will not let its rate of production to decrease. This was stated by the head of state on March 11 while coordinating the appointment of a new head of the company, BELTA reports.
Belarus and Bangladesh held bilateral consultations on cooperation in various fields in Dhaka today. The emphasis was placed on the intensification of political and trade-economic cooperation.
The international reserve assets of Belarus amounted to $8.2186 billion in equivalent on March 1, 2024, according to preliminary data.
Belarus has introduced VAT benefits for imports of technological equipment that has no analogues in the country. This will strengthen our production potential - this is how the Ministry of Economy commented on the presidential decree.
Belarus is expanding its export horizons. Among the countries, there are importers of our products , 160 states. And this is despite the global deterioration of foreign trade conditions, said the Foreign Ministry.
A high growth of wages remains in Belarus. The Eurasian Development Bank has published its assessment. The growth rate of wages in real terms amounted to 11.
Official Minsk and Astana understand each other well - both politically and economically. At the end of last year, the trade turnover between the countries amounted to more than a billion dollars.
There will be more opportunities to fly to India from Minsk. From April 16, the schedule will be supplemented by one more flight.
One more city of Belarus will be transferred to electric public transport. This was announced in the government. Two such projects are already being implemented in Zhodino and Shklov.
Belarus is ready to expand cooperation with Kazakhstan on the creation of joint ventures. This was stated by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at his meeting with Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Belarus Yerlan Baizhanov, BelTA informs.
Belarus and Kazakhstan in their cooperation are able to overcome not only sanctions challenges, but also any other barriers and obstacles.
Belarusian manufacturers announced successful work at the international exhibition Gulfood 2024 in Dubai. As Belinterexpo notes, within the forum, domestic enterprises have increased the pool of partners from Western European countries, near and far abroad.
Almost three dozen issues were considered by the Deputy Prime Ministers of the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union at the meeting of the EEC Council.
A meeting of the board of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security is taking place in Minsk. In the center of attention is not only summarizing the results of work, demographic issues, measures to support fertility and construction of social facilities, but also the presentation of awards for high performance.
In Belarus, the confidence in the national currency is growing, said head of the National Bank Pavel Kallaur. He notes that it is necessary to maximize the use of the Belarusian ruble by all participants of economic relations.
The possibility of building a new nuclear power plant in Belarus is being studied, said Director General of Rosatom Alexei Likhachev, Sputnik reports citing RIA Novosti.
EDB gives a positive outlook for the Belarusian economy. According to specialists of the Eurasian Development Bank, domestic demand will have a significant impact on GDP growth at the end of the year.
The elections in Belarus were organized and calm. People trust the authorities, are set for the evolutionary transformation of the political system.
Director of the Department of Foreign Economic Activity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Yuri Gorelik spoke in Abu Dhabi as an observer at the 13th session of the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization.