Experts of the World Bank have given recommendations regarding corporate management to the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus (DBRB) since the Belarusian bank is now in charge of coordinating lending to government programs and arranging tenders for these purposes, the DBRB press service told BelTA.

MINSK, 18 August (BelTA) – A school for innovative managers may be established in Belarus next year, BelTA learned from Alexander Shumilin, Chairman of the State Science and Technology Committee, on 18 August. “Innovative managers are in short supply in Belarus. Therefore, I think that a so-called school for child prodigies, a school for innovative managers may be set up in Belarus in 2015. We will select 20-30 talented young people, who are knowledgeable in various areas in science and...

MINSK, 14 August (BelTA) – Belarus will present its national exposition at the international fair which is due to take place in Izmir, Turkey on 29 August-2 September, BelTA learnt from Belinterexpo Company of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Among Belarusian exhibitors are companies subordinate to the Construction and Architecture Ministry, the Agriculture and Food Ministry, the Healthcare Ministry, the concerns Belneftekhim, Belgospishcheprom and Bellesbumprom. Among the...

MINSK, 5 August (BelTA) – The Transport and Communications Ministry of Belarus is holding consultations on the construction of a high-speed railway in Belarus, BelTA learnt from First Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Yevgeny Rogachev. “The consultations also involve Russian partners,” he said. A task force was set up to work on this matter. It includes specialists from interested railway administrations. BelTA reported earlier that a corridor for building a...

MINSK, 29 July (BelTA) – The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus will monitor wildlife as part of the national environmental monitoring system of the Republic of Belarus. The decision was approved by Decree No.379 “Concerning amendments and additions to the Belarus President’s Decree No.244 of 13 June 2011” which Alexander Lukashenko signed on 28 July, BelTA learnt from the Belarusian press service. The decree brings the financing of the events under the state program to secure...

MINSK, 21 July (BelTA) – The U.S. corporation General Electric intends to start making electric drives in Belarus, BelTA learned from representatives of Belarusian Autoworks (BelAZ trademark) after a delegation of the American corporation led by the director general of GE Transportation Mining, a daughter enterprise of General Electric, visited the Belarusian company on 21 July. Joint work on the project to localize and make GE electric drives at Belarusian enterprises was the purpose of...