Belarus minister 'satisfied' with buying 10 times more than selling in China
Belarus-China turnover has increased by almost 100 times over 25 years and totaled almost $3 billion in 11 months of 2017, Minister for Foreign Affairs Uladzimir Makei said. read more
Minsk In List Of European Cities Where You Can Live On Less Than £600 A Month
Seeing the world isn’t always kind to your bank balance. In Minsk you can live comfortably on less than £600 to make your money go further, the Business Insider reports. read more
Almost 6% of Belarusians below poverty line
The number of Belarusians below the official poverty line is growing: in 2017, the number of Belarusians whose average per capita resources were below the subsistence minimum budget has increased from 5.6% to 5.9%. read more
Banker Rumas: Cryptocurrencies similar to financial pyramid
Development Bank Chairman Syarhei Rumas compared the cryptocurrencies with the excitement around the popular pyramid scheme of the 1990s. read more
How Visa-Free Foreigners Increased Minsk Budget By 35%
The revenues from tourist services to the budget of Minsk increased by 35% after the introduction of Belarus visa-free regime in January last year. read more
No joke: Academy of Sciences mulls over NPP energy to mine cryptocurrency
The United Informatics Institute of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences ‘is considering’ the idea of using the energy that will be produced at the Belarusian NPP near Astravets for cryptocurrency mining. read more
Belarus and Russia to spend 20.5 mln USD on joint military facilities
Russia and Belarus will spend nearly 1.2 billion Russian rubles (about $ 20.5 million USD)on the military infrastructure facilities planned to be shared by the regional troops. read more
Lukashenka’s incredible plan for next 20 years
The IT state, AI, internet of things, cryptocurrencies — the future of Belarus looks brilliant up to 2040. Besides, Alyaksandr Lukashenka has once again raised the topic of nuclear power plants and proposed to use it together with the Lithuanians. read more
American Mapping Company Buys Belarus’ Neural Network Start Up
An American mapping and location company Mapbox has aquired an artificial intelligence startup MapData based in Minsk, Belarus. read more
Lukashenka set to sign breakthrough edict on IT-industry boost - Prakapenya
Prominent IT-industry businessman VP Capital CEO Viktar Prakapenya has commented on the recent meeting with the President dedicated to the digital economy development. read more |