MINSK, 10 February (BelTA) - Deutsche Bank sees good opportunities for developing cooperation with Belarus in investment banking, chairman of the board at Deutsche Bank Joerg Bongartz told reporters on 10 February. “We hope that there will be opportunities for cooperation in the field of privatization. We can act as a consultant on capital market transactions. Here, the opportunities are great. We need to see when and how we can use them,” Joerg Bongartz said. Deutsche Bank also...

MINSK, 10 February (BelTA) – Iran is implementing investment projects worth about $1.5 billion in Belarus, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iran to Belarus Seyyed Abdollah Hosseini told a press conference dedicated to the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran on 10 February, BelTA has learnt. According to the diplomat, Belarus and Iran are holding negotiations on more joint projects estimated at over $1 billion. This speaks volumes about Iran’s interest in...

MINSK, 1 February (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko met with Semyon Shapiro, the chairman of the Grodno Oblast Executive Committee, to receive his report on 1 February, BelTA learned from the presidential press service. Semyon Shapiro reported on the results of social and economic development of Grodno Oblast in 2010 and in the last five years. The governor also reported on the plans for the next five-year period. Following the president’s instructions, which the head...

MINSK, 27 January (BelTA) – The government acted within the law trying to prevent the coup planned by the opposition on 19 December, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said addressing the seventh special session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly dedicated to the introduction of Mikhail Myasnikovich as Belarus’ Premier on 27 January, BelTA has learnt. Talking about the political situation in the country following the presidential election, Alexander Lukashenko...

MINSK, 27 January (BelTA) – The per capita GDP production and the living standards in Belarus should approach the European average by 2016, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said addressing the seventh special session of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly dedicated to the introduction of Mikhail Myasnikovich as Belarus’ Premier on 27 January, BelTA has learnt. The President is convinced that the government should act as Belarus’ economic think-tank. “It is...

MINSK, 26 January (BelTA) – The export potential for the Belarusian agricultural produce is estimated at $7 billion, Director General of the NASB Center of Farming Doctor of Agricultural Sciences Fyodor Privalov told reporters on 25 January. In 2010 the Agriculture and Food Ministry sold abroad $2.2 billion worth of products, up 1.5 times from 2009. “Livestock product, i.e. meat and dairy, makes up the bulk of the export,” Fyodor Privalov said. At the same time crop products have...