The Belarusian authorities think they have achieved their goal and made the IMF representatives believe they are ready for structural reforms.
17.11.2015 | 10:05
Lithuania is not planning to buy electricity from Astravets nuclear power plant that is being constructed close to Belarus-Lithuania border in the future.
15.11.2015 | 12:18
The World Bank’s evaluation of Belarus’ way out from the economic crisis is relatively positive. But only if the structural reforms are organized, which Belarusan authorities still cannot decide on.
04.11.2015 | 09:26
Shared sense of responsibility and support for reforms by each member of the society are often determining factors for successful outcome, claims Young Chul Kim, World Bank Country Manager in Belarus.
04.11.2015 | 08:23
Although decline in GDP has slowed, the -3.5% growth has failed to impress. The Belarusian ruble continues to depreciate as oil prices plunge, writes Kateryna Bornukova.
05.10.2015 | 09:52
On 26 September in New York, Alexander Lukashenka met with IMF chief Christine Lagarde. They discussed prospects for an IMF-supported programme, informs Ales Alachnovich.
02.10.2015 | 10:17
In 2009 National Bank devalued Belarusan ruble by 20%; within a few months in 2011 it devaluated by almost 3 times; in 2014 National Bank introduced a 30% temporary tax on purchasing foreign currency.
29.09.2015 | 11:10
Belarusians will prefer to shop abroad as long as the Belarusian authorities sustain the old ineffective economic system, which produces many uncompetitive and unwanted goods, writes Ales Alachnovich.
11.09.2015 | 10:54
According to the economist, the suggestion to proceed to the payment in national currencies within the CIS “bears obvious traces of the Russian ruble”.
11.09.2015 | 09:16
The current unpredictable economic situation in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine forces businessmen to seek a safe haven for their money and ideas in the West.
03.09.2015 | 09:38
Ruble that is setting up records of fall almost each day became a hero of the official comment the National Bank made “due to active discussion of the current situation on foreign exchange market".
21.08.2015 | 11:13
What really stands behind this Belarusian commercial success: the hard work of domestic producers or the inventiveness of local smugglers? Igar Gubarevich is trying to find it out.
21.08.2015 | 08:36
The situation isn’t hopeless now; however, without attracting foreign loans relative calmness in the Belarusan economy will end when 2016 starts.
20.08.2015 | 08:48
It still resembles the USSR era, with Soviet-style collective farms still dominating the market and barely operating without state subsidies, writes Ales Alachnovich.
18.08.2015 | 12:53
The question about $3 billion for Belarus is left open, and the situation for oil-dependent economies of Russia and Belarus is “extremely tough”, assumes Dmitry Pankin.
15.08.2015 | 08:52
According to the official Social and Economic Development Programme 2011-2015 GDP was supposed to increase by 62-68% by the end of 2015. In reality, the growth is likely to hit around 6%.
11.08.2015 | 10:48
In 2014 the Russian government decreed it would spend $0.6m on initiatives supporting Belarus’ accession to the WTO, writes Ales Alachnovich.
30.07.2015 | 10:36
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.