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7 February 2023
The communications sector Gross Value Added (GVA) accounted for 6.6% of Belarus' GDP in 2022, the press service of the Communications and Informatization Ministry told BelTA following the meeting of the board of the department.
In 2022, the communications sector GVA was at 6.6% of Belarus' GDP, including: information technologies and information services - 5%, telecommunications - 1.4%, postal service - 0.2%.
In accordance with the president's Decree No. 136 "On the public...
6 February 2023
The next meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will take place in Russia's Sochi on 7-9 June, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich told the media following the session of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Almaty on 3 February, BelTA has learned.
“We will be gearing up for a large-scale event - an intergovernmental council, which is due to take place in Sochi on 7-9 June. Plans are also in place to organize a large...
3 February 2023
Belarus cooperates with the countries of the Middle East in two main areas: credit and investment, humanitarian, Yuri Nikolaichik, Head of the Africa and Middle East Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, said in a new episode of BelTA's YouTube project "After the Fact: Lukashenko's Decisions".
According to him, the cooperation of Belarus with the countries of the Middle East "has been developing well", although this region is very heterogeneous.
For example, an...
2 February 2023
We have set the date for one of the five new events of the Union State - the forum "Russia and Belarus: Shared History, Shared Destiny", Director of the Institute of History at the National Academy of Sciences Vadim Lakiza said during the Moscow-Minsk videoconference "Joint activities of Belarus and Russia to perpetuate the memory of those who died defending the Fatherland", BelTA has learned.
Vadim Lakiza noted that the Institute of History is now working on the organization of the...
1 February 2023
The enterprises affiliated with the Belarusian timber, woodworking, pulp and paper industry concern Bellesbumprom are gradually tapping into the African markets, BelTA learned from the Bellesbumprom's press service.
Bellesbumprom's enterprises are actively expanding the geography of supplies, including the markets of far-abroad countries. In 2022, Bellesbumprom's enterprises shipped its products to Tunisia for the first time.
The development of African markets began in 2015 with...
31 January 2023
The Belarus-Zimbabwe business forum opened in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, BelTA has learned.
The event is taking place in the run-up to the state visit of Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko to Zimbabwe. He is expected to arrive in the afternoon. Aleksandr Lukashenko is to be greeted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa personally.
In the meantime, officials and representatives of business circles have the opportunity to communicate and discuss cooperation prospects....
