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MINSK, 31 March (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed decree No.128 on applying special measures on 30 March, the press service of the head of state told BelTA. The document has been passed for the sake of ensuring security and protecting national interests of the Republic of Belarus. The decree provides for prohibiting the import of certain categories of merchandise and the import of services provided by natural persons and legal persons of the countries that have...

MINSK, 26 March (BelTA) – The Sputnik V vaccine produced in Belarus will undergo quality control at the Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Russia's Ministry of Health, Belmedpreparaty Director General Sergei Belyayev told reporters, BelTA has learned. The Belmedpreparaty pharmaceutical company started mass production of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. “Quality control of this vaccine will be in progress in the next three weeks. The vaccine will...

MINSK, 17 March (BelTA) – On 16 March Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed Decree No. 107 “On biometric documents”, BelTA learned from the press service of the head of state. In accordance with the decree, biometric documents will be introduced on 1 September this year. They will allow computerizing the identification process, easing passport control while crossing the border, and will facilitate the development of electronic services. The new type of documents will have a...

MINSK, 10 March (BelTA) – Belarus' export of health services reduced last year amid the coronavirus pandemic and related measures, Gennady Bolbatovsky, the director of the Belarusian national center of health resort treatment and recuperation, told the media on 9 March, BelTA has learned. “Yet the statistics is not so bad. Last year more than 100,000 international guests used the services of Belarusian health centers. The figure was 242,000 in 2019. Revenues decreased by 55% and amounted...

MINSK, 2 March (BelTA) – Belarusian companies signed contracts worth $7 million at the food expo in Dubai, BelTA learned from the exhibition organization company BelInterExpo of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BelCCI). “A total of 25 Belarusian food manufacturers showcased their products in the national pavilion Belarus. The Taste of Nature at the large international exhibition of food and beverages Gulfood 2021 in Dubai. Domestic manufacturers displayed meat and dairy...

MINSK, 24 February (BelTA) - The Belarusian government has approved the state program "Environmental Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources" for 2021-2025. The Council of Ministers issued resolution No.99 of 19 February 2021, BelTA learned from the national legal internet portal. "Belarus has preserved the unique natural environment for a full life and multifaceted activities of people. Belarus ranks 49th out of 180 countries in the Environmental Performance Index," the document...

MINSK, 16 February (BelTA) – The revenues of resident companies of the China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone totaled Br188.9 million in 2020, up 3.2 times year-on-year, BelTA informs citing the National Statistical Committee. The revenues from selling products, works, services outside Belarus amounted to Br63.6 million (an increase of 8 times), which accounted for 33.7% of the total revenues. By the end of the reporting period the number of resident companies rose by eight to reach 68....

MINSK, 10 February (BelTA) – Belarus' export of medical services is projected to increase by more than 40% in the next five years. This target is set forth in the state program "People's Health and Demographic Security" for 2021-2025, BelTA has learned. The export of healthcare services is forecast to increase by 44.7% in 2025 over 2020. In 2019, the export of medical services went up by 10.5% over 2018. More than 165,000 foreign nationals from 139 countries received medical care. Export...

MINSK, 3 February (BelTA) – The Belarusian Hospitality Industry state program for 2021-2025 has been approved by Council of Ministers' Resolution No.58 of 29 January 2021, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government. The goal of the state program is to develop a modern competitive tourist complex, increase the contribution of tourism to the development of the national economy. Priorities in the tourism sector will include the development of inbound and domestic...

MINSK, 25 January (BelTA) – A national export center will be set up at the Development Bank of Belarus in 2021, Chairman of the Board of the bank Andrei Zhishkevich said in an interview to the ONT TV channel, BelTA has learned. “The center will be set up this year. The task is to organize this kind of toolkit on the basis of a subsidiary of the Development Bank as quickly as possible,” said Andrei Zhishkevich. Today, the Development Bank provides export loans. It is a classic mechanism...