Category: Экономика

Banks Increased Lending to Individuals in June
Belarusian banks increased lending to individuals in June. During the month, they issued loans worth 1.82 billion Belarusian…

Government Expands Criteria for Assessing Compliance by Free Economic Zone Residents
The Council of Ministers has, by Resolution No. 383 of July 29, approved new criteria for assessing whether…

Tsarukyan’s Business Partner With Belarusian and Russian Citizenship Initiates Investment Dispute Against Armenia
An investor holding dual Belarusian and Russian citizenship, Mikalai Vinitski, has notified the Armenian authorities of his intention…

Dollar, Euro and Yuan Continue to Rise in BCSE Trading
Trading on the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange ended with further gains for the US dollar, euro and…

“They Keep Dragging Their Feet.” Lukashenka Still Has Not Got His Milking Robot
Work on developing a Belarusian robotic milking system is progressing slowly, judging by remarks made by Aliaksandr Lukashenka…

MAZ Delivers First Batch of TARGO 8 Medium-Duty Trucks
MAZ has delivered its first small batch of TARGO 8 medium-duty trucks. The vehicles were purchased by Horadak…

Lukashenka Says Horizont Is Facing Problems and Demands It Produce Light Bulbs
Aliaksandr Lukashenka said during today’s visit to the Brest Electric Lamp Plant, part of the Horizont holding company,…

Lukashenka Demands Cleanup of Belavezhskaya Pushcha
Aliaksandr Lukashenka has ordered officials to clear fallen trees from Belavezhskaya Pushcha. He made the remarks during a…

Halouchanka: Banking System Is Exceeding Its Targets
Raman Halouchanka, chairman of the National Bank of Belarus, said the country’s banking system has mobilised and is…

Belarusian Railway Launches Slavic Caravan Service to Uzbekistan
The Belarusian Railway has launched a new logistics service, the Slavic Caravan, connecting Belarus and Kazakhstan. The first…

Lukashenka Wants Farmers to Deliver 12 Million Tonnes of Harvest
Aliaksandr Lukashenka said he expects Belarusian farmers to produce a harvest of 12 million tonnes this year. “Now…

National Bank Lowers Standard Risk Levels for Loans and Deposits in August
The National Bank of Belarus has decided to lower its standard risk benchmark values for August. The following…

Finance Ministry to Slightly Increase Gold Purchase Prices From the Public From Aug. 1
Belarus’ Finance Ministry has revised the prices at which it purchases precious metals in the form of jewellery…

Two Companies Fined for Overpricing Eggs and Vegetables After MART Inspections
Belarus’ Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade (MART) identified violations of price regulation and pricing legislation by two…

Inflation at 6%, Export Growth at 2.9%: Government Sets Targets for 2027
On 29 July, the Presidium of the Council of Ministers reviewed a package of forecast documents setting the…

Euro, U.S. Dollar and Chinese Yuan Rise for Second Consecutive Day on BCSE
Trading on the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange ended with gains for the euro, the U.S. dollar and…

Belarusian Transport Ministry Again Sought to Address Logistics Issues for Belarusian Exports
Belarus’ Ministry of Transport and Communications held another working meeting on export logistics. Representatives of exporters, freight forwarders…

Uzbek Business to Establish Farm in Beshankovichy District
Entrepreneurs from Uzbekistan’s Andijan Region have registered a company in Belarus’s Beshankovichy District. AndijanAgro LLC has already selected…

Apartment Sales in Minsk Decline While Prices Continue to Rise
The National Cadastral Agency has summarized developments in Minsk’s residential property market during the first half of 2026.…

Government Appoints State Representatives to Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange
The Belarusian Council of Ministers has appointed state representatives to the governing bodies of the Belarusian Universal Commodity…

Belarusian Government to Create Registry of Numerical Regulatory Indicators
The Belarusian Council of Ministers has decided to establish a unified registry containing all numerical indicators set out…

Another Wildberries Warehouse Attacked in Russia, This Time in Ryazan
Videos posted online by eyewitnesses show a burning Wildberries logistics center near the Russian city of Ryazan. The…

Belarus to Provide Nicaragua With $13.9 Million Loan for Purchase of Firefighting Vehicles
Nicaragua will purchase Belarusian-made fire engines using a loan from the Development Bank of Belarus. Nicaragua’s parliament has…

Belarusian Bank Raises Fee for Accepting Cash Russian Rubles to 20%
Belarusian Neo Bank Asia has increased the fee for depositing cash Russian rubles into bank accounts to 20%.…

Rahozhnik Says Uzbek Side Has No Complaints About Workers
The Uzbek side has no complaints regarding the employment of workers from Uzbekistan, Aliaksandr Rahozhnik, chairman of the…

China Starts Production of Domestic Equipment for Advanced Chip Manufacturing
China has begun mass production of immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines, a technology that is critical for…

U.S. Dollar, Euro and Chinese Yuan Rise on BCSE Trading on July 28
Trading on the Belarusian Currency and Stock Exchange on July 28 ended with the U.S. dollar, the euro…

Lahoysk Ski Resort Sold for 19.48 Million Belarusian Rubles
The Lahoysk ski resort was sold at an auction conducted by the state enterprise BelYurObespechenie. The resort, which…

Minsk Airport Confirms Return of Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines is indeed returning to Minsk. The announcement was confirmed by the press service of Minsk National…

Number of People Employed in Belarusian Economy Rises by 22,400 in June
A total of 4.1829 million people were employed in the Belarusian economy in June. That was 22,400 more…

Business Executives Report Declining Inventories, Economy Ministry Says
The Economy Ministry has published selected results of its business survey conducted in July. This time, the ministry’s…

Rosselkhoznadzor Bans Imports From Belarusian Company Over Doubts About Raw Material Origin
Russia’s agricultural watchdog, Rosselkhoznadzor, has banned the import and transit through Russian territory of all meat products manufactured…

Turkish Airlines Plans to Resume Flights to Minsk
Turkish carrier Turkish Airlines plans to resume flights to Minsk. Tickets for flights from Istanbul to Minsk starting…

Belarusian Retailers Sold 3.4 Billion Rubles Worth of Alcohol in First Half of the Year
Sales of alcoholic beverages and beer through retail trade organizations totaled 3.4 billion Belarusian rubles in the first…

Belagroprombank to Receive Compensation for Losses on Export Loan for BMZ
The Council of Ministers has ordered, through Resolution No. 372, compensation for losses incurred by Belagroprombank from providing…

Armenian Roses Transported From Belarus Destroyed in Russia
Russian authorities in the Smolensk Region destroyed 39,200 roses from Armenia that had been transported from Belarus without…
Ministry of Economy Outlines Key Investment Projects

Inflation Could Accelerate to 5–6% by Year-End, MacroBy Says
Inflation in Belarus could accelerate to 5–6% by the end of the year, according to the latest monthly…

Dollar and Yuan Rise at Start of Trading Week on BCSE
The U.S. dollar and the Chinese yuan strengthened at the close of trading on the Belarusian Currency and…

Average Public Sector Salary Exceeds 2,500 Belarusian Rubles in June
The average nominal gross monthly salary of public sector employees in Belarus reached 2,517.1 Belarusian rubles before taxes…

Lukashenka Complains to Kaluga Governor About Criticism From “Fugitives”
Aliaksandr Lukashenka met today with Kaluga Region Governor Vladislav Shapsha. While discussing plans to increase trade turnover with…

Russia Increases Dairy Exports to Belarus by 25%
Russia increased its dairy exports to Belarus by 25% in January–May to $40 million, according to Russia’s Agroexport…

Foreign Trade Deficit in Goods and Services Narrows to $138.3 Million
Belarus’s balance of trade in goods and services continued to improve amid faster growth in services exports, according…

Subsistence Minimum Budget and Related Benefits to Increase From Aug. 1
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has announced an increase in the subsistence minimum budget (SMB) effective…

Halouchanka Welcomes Declining Inflation Expectations Among the Population
National Bank of Belarus Governor Raman Halouchanka said disinflationary trends continue in the country. Inflation remains below the…

Putin Ratifies Agreement With Belarus on Jewelry and Precious Metals
Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a federal law ratifying an agreement between the governments of Russia and Belarus…

Belarus Approves Duty-Free Import Quota for Chinese Spark Plugs
The Belarusian government has approved the procedure for allocating the annual quota for importing Chinese-made spark plugs without…

Undocumented Belarusian Beef Seized at Russian Border
On June 22, officials from Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) in the Smolensk region…

Lukashenka Says Atlant and Several Industrial Holdings Are Facing Problems
Aliaksandr Lukashenka used a meeting on projects with foreign partners on Friday to criticise Belarus’s industrial sector over…