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...

MINSK, 19 January (BelTA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) are teaming up to support migrants in Belarus amid the COVID-19 pandemic, BelTA learned from the UNDP office in Belarus. The partnership aims to counter the stigma and discrimination that migrants may face in the context of COVID-19 through information work and programs with concrete measures for better integration of migrants into society and, as a result,...

MINSK, 13 January (BelTA) - The first power unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant has reached 100% capacity, BelTA learned from the press service of the Energy Ministry. "The first unit of the Belarusian nuclear power plant reached the nominal capacity at 19.57 on 12 January," the press service informed. The thermal capacity of the unit is 3200MW and the electric capacity is 1170MW. According to the press service, static and dynamic tests will continue in line with the stage-by-stage...

MINSK, 5 January (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed decree No.1 on declaring the year 2021 the Year of People's Unity. The decision was made for the sake of consolidating the society, rallying the Belarusian nation on the basis of ideas of the country's sovereignty and independence, the press service of the head of state told BelTA. In line with the presidential decree the Council of Ministers will work together with the oblast administrations and the Minsk City...