Cuba is committed to deepening trade and investment cooperation with the EAEU, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said in a video message shown at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg, BelTA has learned. "We see the new mechanism of financial assistance to industrial cooperation in the union as an excellent opportunity for observer countries. This will allow us to promote joint projects. I would like to reaffirm Cuba's commitment to deepening trade and...

The Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) intends to establish tighter interaction with Belarusian and foreign brokerage firms, which are accredited with the Belarusian commodity exchange. BUCE Chairman of the Board Aleksandr Osmolovsky made the statement at a meeting with professional participants of the commodity exchange market, BelTA has learned. Tighter interaction will increase the effectiveness of encouraging new commercial entities to trade via the commodity exchange. It...

A center for implementing cyber security measures and responding to cyber incidents will be established in Belarus in 2024, BelTA learned from Director of the National Center for Electronic Services (NCES) Roman Gradusov. The NCES is in charge of operating the digital government infrastructure in Belarus. The center's operation focuses on various areas. The key ones are the development of digital government, including efforts to ensure a proper level of digital security, development of...

Belarusian health resorts are fully booked for the New Year and Christmas holidays, Director of the Belarusian national center of health resort treatment and recuperation Gennady Bolbatovsky told the media, BelTA has learned. "Our sanatoriums and health resorts are traditionally in high demand during the holiday season. People began booking long before the winter holiday season. Sanatoriums and health resorts are fully booked. The holiday season lasts from 24 December to 10 January. The...

A direct flight will connect Minsk and the Chinese city of Sanya, Hainan Province, BelTA has learned. From January 2024, the Chinese airline will launch a direct flight from the city of Sanya, Hainan Province, to Minsk using an Airbus A330-300 (279 seats in Economy Class and 24 in Business Class). Flights will be operated twice a week (on Tuesdays and Saturdays).

Belarus has successfully adapted to the West's illegal sanctions, partly thanks to being part of the Union State, economist Mikhail Kovalev told BelTA. Mikhail Kovalev recalled that the establishment of the Union State was prompted by the lessons that Belarus learned from working through the history of its relations with Russia and Europe: “We have always been a bridge between them and have developed successfully. Had Ukraine followed suit, today we would have seen three successfully...