MINSK, 3 October – Almost 10,000 foreigners used the visa waiver to visit Belarus over past week, learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. From 26 September to 3 October Belarus hosted 9,263 visa-waiver arrivals: 1,724 citizens and 637 non-citizens of Latvia, 6,014 and 888 citizens of Lithuania and Poland, respectively. All in all, Belarus welcomed 264,584 foreign visitors as part of the visa waiver program: 169,355 citizens of Lithuania, 65,739 citizens and 20,154...

MINSK, 30 September - The extensive way of trade development through increasing the supply of traditional groups of goods is outdated. We need cooperation projects today, Belarusian Forestry Minister Aleksandr Kulik said at a session of the intergovernmental Belarusian-Armenian commission on trade and economic cooperation in Yerevan, learned from the press service of the Forestry Ministry. Aleksandr Kulik stressed: “The development of cooperation projects guarantees us long-term...

MINSK, 29 September – China remains the second biggest trading partner for Belarus, Valery Mitskevich, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, head of the Belarus-China interparliamentary working group at the National Assembly, said at the online session to mark the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, has learned. “This year, Belarus and China mark the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations. In a...

MINSK, 28 September – Belarusian Ambassador to Russia Dmitry Krutoi talked about the economic windfall from high-technology projects as he addressed the expert and media forum "Belarus-Russia cooperation in industry, science and technology. Science. Cosmos. Education", has learned. "The company-coordinator of the Belarusian satellite in orbit earned $30 million in revenue for 10 years, paid $14 million in taxes. The companies that supplied components for the satellite as part of...

MINSK, 27 September - The administration of the China-Belarus Industrial Park Great Stone signed a memorandum on trade and economic cooperation with the Changchun Economic and Technological Development Zone, learned from the press service of the park. A ceremony of signing a memorandum on trade and economic cooperation between the Changchun Economic and Technological Development Zone and the Great Stone administration and the industrial park development company was held in Great...

MINSK, 26 September – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko is on a working visit to Russia, learned from the Pul Pervogo Telegram channel. The talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin will kick off soon.