MINSK, 16 June (BelTA) – The organization of quality excellence contests encourages all branches of the economy to make quality, ecological, safe, and resource-saving products and services. Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Yuri Nazarov made the statement during the ceremony held to award winners of the Belarusian government's 2021 Quality Excellence Awards, BelTA has learned. Yuri Nazarov said: “The contest movement in the area of quality actively develops in our republic and...

MINSK, 9 June (BelTA) - Ambassadors and diplomats of foreign countries toured the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange in Minsk on 8 June, BelTA has learned. About 29,000 participants of electronic trading from 70 countries are currently registered with the exchange, Chairman of the Board of BUCE Aleksandr Osmolovsky told the guests. The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange is fully integrated into the country's economy, he added. Foreign diplomats were interested in...

MINSK, 31 May (BelTA) – More than 44,000 foreign nationals have visited Belarus since it reopened border for visa waiver arrivals from Lithuania and Latvia on 15 April 2022, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. "For a month and a half since 15 April, 44,375 foreign citizens took advantage of the opportunity to visit Belarus without a visa. Among them there were 29,427 citizens of Lithuania, 4,179 non-citizens and 10,769 citizens of Latvia. Last...

MINSK, 25 May (BelTA) – Belarusian tractors are showcased at Southeast Europe's largest international agricultural expo in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, BelTA has learned. The Belarusian-Serbian joint venture Agropanonka assembles and sells tractors made by the Belarusian company MTZ in addition to selling other Belarusian agricultural machines. The joint venture prepared a representative exposition. Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban...

MINSK, 17 May (BelTA) – The international exhibition Belagro 2022 is a good opportunity to discuss cooperation with the Russian Federation amid current sanctions, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Belagro Organizing Committee Leonid Zayats said during a meeting of the organizing committee on 16 May, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian government. “Interest in the exhibition, which has become one of Belarus' most recognizable brands, is high...

MINSK, 28 April (BelTA) - The Belarusian company Beltamozhservice will increase the volume of freight traffic through the International North-South Transport Corridor, BelTA learned from the the company. “The global events of recent years have changed the world dramatically. Pandemics, geopolitical tensions, sanctions are the factors that transform global and regional trade. Adapting to external conditions, exporters are looking for undeveloped markets and entering them, changing...

MINSK, 22 April (BelTA) – Belarus and the Russian state nuclear industry corporation Rosatom will work out a roadmap to guide the advancement of cooperation in the management of radioactive waste. The relevant agreement was reached as a Belarusian delegation led by Deputy Energy Minister Mikhail Mikhadyuk visited Rosatom enterprises in Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast and Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, Russia on 20-22 April, the Energy Ministry press service told BelTA. The...

MINSK, 13 April (BelTA) – Belarus is considering the possibility of lifting visa requirements for citizens of neighboring European Union countries, the State Border Committee of Belarus told BelTA. The step is designed to build up good neighborhood relations and contribute to the development of incoming tourism. The State Border Committee of Belarus is also considering allowing citizens of neighboring European Union countries to visit the border zone without passes. The...

MINSK, 8 April (BelTA) – The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Russian state corporation Roscosmos will expand cooperation, the press service of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus told BelTA. A videoconference meeting of Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov and Director General of the Russian state space industry corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin has taken place. Vladimir Gusakov and Dmitry Rogozin...

MINSK, 30 March (BelTA) – China has become one of the three largest buyers of rapeseed oil at the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange, spokesman for BUCE Roman Yaniv told BelTA. In the first quarter of 2022, China ranked third among the largest buyers of rapeseed oil at the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange. Following the increase in the number of Chinese buyers and transactions, sales of rapeseed oil to China surged by 67% in value terms year-on-year to $2.2 million....