Baltic Rim Economies publish special edition devoted to Belarus
13.03.2014 |Economy| EuroBelarus Information Service basing on the information from the Baltic Rim Economies,
In its new publication, Baltic Rim Economies review presents a constellation of expert articles of both European and Belarusan high-level public and corporate decision makers.
The latest Baltic Rim Economies review is a special issue dedicated to Belarus, in reference to the IV Finland–Belarus Business Forum to be organized on Tuesday 8 April 2014 on the premises of Turku School of Economics.
This year’s first publication introduces interesting expert articles by Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Filip Kaczmarek, Chairman of the European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with Belarus, Maira Mora, head of the European Union’s Delegation to Belarus, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Uladzimir Makei, Dzmitry Kruk, the researcher of the Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Centre and many more.
The Pan-European Institute (PEI) observes the economic development in the Baltic Sea region, in the Arctic region and in the EU's neighboring countries, particularly in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The PEI conducts research that constitutes the basis of the courses provided at Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku. It also publishes the Baltic Economies review, which deals with the development of the Baltic Region.
The Belarusian government has invited the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to prepare five large state-owned companies for privatization.
Officially, the unemployment in our country is reducing – if judging by the number of registrations at the labor exchange; however, the number of jobs doesn’t increase in the economy.
Recently Belarus State Military Industrial Committee announced that in the first half of 2016 its enterprises earned a net profit of $80m, thus over-fulfilling the assigned export plans by a quarter.
Poor economic conditions in the countryside, restrictions, unfair competition, inefficiency of state-owned agricultural enterprises also contribute to this ‘success story’, writes Aliaksandr Filipau.
On 20 June Lukashenka met with vice-chair and president of the Chinese CITIC Group Corporation Wang Jiong; it seems especially important in light of Lukashenka’s planned visit to China in September.
All the conditions for everyone to be able to earn a decent salary have been enabled in Belarus, however, it is necessary to make some effort to get the money, assumes the president.
Belarus is losing currency earnings – in the 6 months of 2016 the country earned 3 billion less than in the same period in 2015. Instead of removing the causes of the flop the state relies on magic.
He said Belarus would likely face economic tightening not only as a result of the coronavirus pandemic but also a Russian trade oil crisis that worsened this past winter.
In his report, philosopher Gintautas Mažeikis discusses several concepts that have been a part of the European social and philosophical thought for quite a time.
It is impossible to change life in cities just in three years (the timeline of the “Agenda 50” campaign implementation). But changing the structure of relationships in local communities is possible.