Over 600 small and medium enterprises received state support in H1 2023, the press service of the Belarusian Economy Ministry told BelTA. The total volume of state support received by Belarusian SMEs in January-June 2023 reached Br191 million. Most of the money went into the manufacturing sector. The top 5 kinds of activities that received borrowed resources (repayable and non-repayable ones) also included agriculture, transport, trade, and healthcare. About two thirds of the...

The National Marketing Center is organizing a visit of Belarus' private sector's delegation to Plovdiv, Bulgaria for the duration of the International Technical Fair 2023, BelTA has learned. The fair will take place on 14-17 September. The visit has been organized as part of the efforts to help realize the existing export potential of Belarusian companies on foreign markets. The itinerary includes attendance of the international fair as well as the organization of B2B negotiations...

According to the National Statistical Committee of Belarus, in 2022 the share of women entrepreneurs rose by 13.75% over 2021 to reach 36.4%, BelTA informs citing the website of the Economy Ministry. The average business woman lives in an urban community, is 25 to 49 years old, has a higher or vocational education, raises one child. To expand support for women's entrepreneurship, to identify and overcome barriers to women's entrepreneurship, the Economy Ministry, the Belarusian...

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik met with the outgoing UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus Alexandra Solovieva, BelTA learned from the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sergei Aleinik thanked Alexandra Solovieva for her active work as the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Belarus and wished her further success in her professional activities, and also expressed hope for continuity in the work of the UNDP...

Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova took part in the Minsk City Council meeting to discuss the development strategy for MotoVeloZavod and the investment project to recondition the area along 8 Partizansky Avenue in Minsk, BelTA has learned. “The policy of the president of our country to retain competencies and production capacities has born fruit. The enterprises that we have bailed out keep working and demonstrate efficient...

Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly Natalya Kochanova took part in the Minsk City Council meeting to discuss the development strategy for MotoVeloZavod and the investment project to recondition the area along 8 Partizansky Avenue in Minsk, BelTA has learned. “Top on the agenda of today's meeting is the approval of the MotoVeloZavod development strategy. This company is important for the country. We must retain competencies, production capacities. Such was...