Though government was reluctant to introduce layoffs for decades, with the current amount of them the political effect of unemployment may be visible ahead of the October presidential elections.
27.07.2015 | 11:09
Most major enterprises in Belarus belong to the state and, according to the Ministry of Finance, a quarter are not profitable, writes Ryhor Astapenia.
23.07.2015 | 10:19
Large enterprises will receive additional resources and retain staff, whereas a large part of excess production will be sent to warehouses.
23.07.2015 | 08:24
Belarus asks for $2-3.5 billion in three places at the same time. Possible lenders are delaying the answer, each for their own reason.
14.07.2015 | 07:56
Tactically, Minsk can benefit from its partnership with Beijing; but still, strategically, its orientation towards China so far displayed limited results, assumes Siarhei Bohdan.
11.07.2015 | 11:24
If in January 2015, 3,000 workers were owed their wages, by July 1 the figure reached 95,000 people, and the amount was more than 410 billion rubles.
09.07.2015 | 11:02
According to the data of independent trade unions, the number of curtailments in Belarusan industrial giants made 12-14 thousand people. What can it lead to?
07.07.2015 | 08:24
Government’s plans for the country’s social and economic development are quite real, but they are unfeasible in the existing state model.
04.07.2015 | 09:02
The situation of the labor market in Belarus is becoming increasingly difficult, not without the law on social dependency adopted not long time ago.
30.06.2015 | 09:56
Amid deteriorating economic environment and growing social tension due to reducing wages and mass layoffs, Belarus authorities set the time of president elections for October.
23.06.2015 | 10:53
Amid shrinking wages, economic slowdown, and mass layoffs, Belarusan authorities seek to strengthen ideological control over employees at private enterprises through official trade unions.
13.06.2015 | 10:20
Any stabilization of Belarusan ruble against Russian ruble decreases the opportunity to buy goods produced in Belarus, and, accordingly, decreases export and increases stocks in warehouses.
10.06.2015 | 08:38
This policy brief sums up the results of research on development of local self-governance in Belarus and is aimed at analyzing its existing system as well as suggesting directions for its improvement.
05.06.2015 | 10:50
IMF is ready to give Belarus a new loan for the program of reforms, the details of which still need to be coordinated by the parties in the near future.
01.06.2015 | 09:55
China was reluctant to engage Belarus economically because of the country's Soviet-style management culture and lack of a market economy, writes Vadzim Smok.
26.05.2015 | 11:34
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.