MINSK, 6 September – Belarusian banks will connect to the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS). It is China's alternative to the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) system, learned from First Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Nikolai Snopkov. Nikolai Snopkov remarked that getting Belarusian banks to connect to China's Cross-Border Interbank Payment System will be an important part of Belarus-China cooperation. Belarusbank will be the first...

MINSK, 5 September – ZAO Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation will make vitamins of the C and B groups in the future. The relevant agreement has been reached with the People's Republic of China, Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo told the On Point project on YouTube channel. According to Igor Brylo, the Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation is a unique project. It uses grain to make not only the compound animal feed that standard grain processing...

MINSK, 2 September - Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Natalya Kochanova hosted a meeting on 2 September to discuss the draft laws “On Civil Society” and “On Amendments to the Laws on the Activities of Political Parties and Other Public Associations”, learned from the press service of the upper house of parliament. The meeting was attended by members of the Council of the Republic, MPs of the House of Representatives, heads of...

MINSK, 1 September – Not everything was done to prevent the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement during the open lesson “Historical memory - the road to the future” on 1 September, has learned. Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked: “There are plenty of faults in the history of any nation. Someone started wars after all.” He cited Germany as an example. “The most dreadful thing. So many people were killed.” Some say...

MINSK, 31 August – The Belarusian tractor manufacturer MTZ intends to sell about 16,000 tractors to Russia this year, learned from MTZ Director General Vitaly Vovk. Vitaly Vovk said: “We would like to have a Russian market share of about 70%. It is over 60% at present. We would like to be represented not only in agriculture but also in utilities industry, forestry industry. We are increasing our presence right now. I am convinced we will reach at least 16,000 tractors by the...