The fifth round of Belarusian-Bangladeshi political consultations took place in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, as part of the visit of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Yevgeny Shestakov. BELTA was informed about this by the press service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry. “During the consultations, special emphasis was placed on intensifying political, trade and economic cooperation, expanding the legal framework of bilateral relations and exchanging business visits....

Export should be a priority, Belarus’ Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 6 March, BelTA has learned. “We have managed to adapt our economy to severe and illegal restrictions, we have changed our export strategies. In 2023, the export to friendly nations exceeded the amount of deliveries that we could not supply to the West, Ukraine and other markets by $1.8 billion,” said Roman Golovchenko. “This year...

Companies residing in Belarusian technoparks nearly doubled the output of their products in 2023, BelTA learned from First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus Denis Korzhitsky at a session of the committee’s board. Denis Korzhitsky said: “The state program on innovation-driven development is the main tool for realizing the government’s policy in the sphere of innovations. At present the program includes 92 projects. As many as 41.3% of...

The last year was quite successful, key performance targets have been hit, BelTA learned from Belarusian Economy Minister Yuri Chebotar before a summarizing session of the ministry’s board. Yuri Chebotar said: “Last year ended quite successfully for us. The gross domestic product growth rate totaled 103.9%. It was above the target. Real earnings of the population went up. Salaries rose by 11% and real pensions by 11% as well. In 2023 we set out to accomplish an ambitious...

Preparation of schools for the start of the new school year will take place differently, Education Minister Andrei Ivanets said at the final board meeting of the Education Committee of the Minsk City Executive Committee, BelTA reports. A year-round correspondence Olympiad for schoolchildren is planned to be introduced in Belarus starting next year. “On instructions from the head of state, this year it (preparing schools for the start of the new school year - BELTA) will take place...