The 8th edition of the international economic forum Innovations. Investments. Prospects will take place in Vitebsk on 16-17 May, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee. Attending the forum will be delegations from foreign partner regions, large companies, trade missions and the diplomatic corps, representatives of central and regional executive authorities, state-run associations, and the business community. "Last year, this important economic event gathered more...

Residents of the free economic zone (FEZ) Vitebsk intend to increase export by over 5% to $700 million and penetrate new promising markets of 18 countries in 2019, representatives of the FEZ Vitebsk administration told BelTA. The total trade turnover is expected to hit $1.1 billion. FEZ Vitebsk companies are expected to still secure a foreign trade surplus, which will rise by over 11% from 2018. The companies will continue diversifying target markets, working on the possibility of...

A classroom of the French language and culture was officially opened at the Masherov Vitebsk State University, BelTA has learned. The classroom has been set up thanks to the cooperation of the three department of the university (philology, arts and graphics, pedagogy) with the French Embassy in Belarus. The opening ceremony was attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of France to Belarus Didier Canesse, representatives of the embassy, the university, local...

The Belarusian Transport and Communications Ministry and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development signed a memorandum of understanding on 4 March, the ministry’s press service told BelTA. The document will allow advancing and bolstering future cooperation with a view to implementing concrete investment projects such as the pilot public private partnership project to reconstruct part of the M10 motorway, part of the P80 Sloboda-Papernya motorway, including the...

The Swedish Public Employment Service would like to expand cooperation with partners from all the Belarusian regions, Per Lindberg, project manager of the joint project “Improvement of the state employment service of Belarus” of the Swedish Public Employment Service, said at a press conference, BelTA has learned.  According to Per Lindberg there are five areas of activity within the framework of the joint project. The biggest success was achieved in the forecast and trends in...