Six Belarusian citizens, who had been working for Sudanese companies as part of private contracts, have left Sudan for Egypt across the land border. Press Secretary of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz mentioned it when asked by a BelTA reporter to comment on mass media reports claiming that Belarusian pilots, who had been stuck in Sudan, had been evacuated. Anatoly Glaz said: “Not entirely correct. Six Belarusian citizens, who had been working for...

The Belarusian automobile manufacturer MAZ will ship over 100 trolleybuses to Novosibirsk. Vladimir Dormash, Deputy Commercial Director for Passenger Vehicles Sales, Head of the Passenger Vehicles Sales Office at Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ), mentioned it during a working trip of the Belarusian government delegation to the Russian city of Novosibirsk, BelTA has learned. According to Vladimir Dormash, MAZ always sets ambitious goals and intends to maximize its presence on the market...

 Belarus' fixed-capital investments in Q1 2023 have been calculated, BelTA learned from the National Statistics Committee. In January-March 2023 fixed-capital investments amounted to Br6.7 billion. As far as the main kinds of economic activities are concerned, 26.8% of the investments went into real estate operations (including investments channeled into housing construction), 19.6% into processing industry, 16.2% into agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, 7.6% into supply of...

Consul General of the Republic of Belarus to the Chinese city of Chongqing Dmitry Yemelyanov met with Deputy Head of the Chongqing City Commerce Department Wang Jue, BelTA has learned. Dmitry Yemelyanov and Wang Jue discussed in detail the matters concerning the realization of the agreement on advancing trade and economic cooperation between regions of Belarus and of China. The sides expressed mutual interest in the development of interregional ties across the board, particularly in...

Promising avenues for advancing cooperation were presented during the second Belarusian-Latin American forum in Moscow on 20 April, BelTA has learned. As he addressed representatives of the diplomatic corps of Latin America countries, Belarusian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgeny Shestakov said: “Taking into account dynamic changes of the geopolitical situation and the world economy a majority of countries of the world, including Belarus, are forced to adapt to constantly...

There are plans to keep improving the system of consumer protection in financial services in 2023, Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus Pavel Kallaur said as he spoke at a joint meeting of the House of Representatives and the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus on 19 April, BelTA has learned. “In 2023, the system of consumer protection in financial services will continue to improve, including through laws. Much attention...