Cherven Regional Executive Committee

Belarus' Deputy Sport and Tourism Minister Mikhail Portnoi hopes for prompt simplification of visa regulations for foreign travelers.

The World Bank will allocate a $10 million loan to Belarus for the public financial management modernization project, BelTA learned from the WB Office in Belarus.

Raising the retirement age of women up to 58 years and the retirement age of men up to 63 years was recognized as the optimal solution during the government conference held by the head of state.

Belarus has all conditions for dynamic development of business, Belarusian Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov said at the opening of the Belarusian-Georgian Business Forum on 23 March, BelTA has learned.

A working group has been set up in Belarus to simplify administrative procedures for the private sector.

The Belarusian Armed Forces have begun another large-scale combat readiness test, BelTA learned from Major-General Oleg Belokonev, Chief of the General Staff of the Belarusian army, on 15 March.

Airbus Group is interested in developing cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) in space-based technology, Airbus Group Vice President for Eastern Europe Jacques Garrigue told media on 15 March, BelTA has learned.

Belarus intends to gain a foothold in the top 30 countries in the World Bank's Doing Business ranking by 2020, BelTA learned from Piotr Arushanyants, Director of the Entrepreneurship Department of the Belarusian Economy Ministry, on 11 March.

Israel is set to keep its embassy in Belarus open, BelTA learned from Charge d'Affaires ad Interim of Israel in Belarus Yulia Rachinski-Spivakov.

In February 2016 Belarus' gold and foreign exchange reserves rose by $84.2 million if calculated in accordance with methods of the International Monetary Fund.