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...

The Belarusian Communications and Informatization Ministry and the Russian Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Ministry signed two agreements in the sphere of telecommunication on the sidelines of the 29th international information and communications technologies forum TIBO, BelTA has learned. Agreements were signed on unifying laws and regulations in the sphere of telecommunication and on realizing technical, organizational, and other kinds of measures aimed at...

In January-March 2023 passenger traffic in Belarus was estimated at 5,001.6 million passenger-kilometers, up by 15.5% year-on-year, BelTA learned from the National Statistics Committee. As many as 388.4 million people used passenger transportation services, up by 3.2% year-on-year. The freight turnover reached 17.1 billion tonne-kilometers, or 68% as against the same period in 2022.