“Fighting the disruptive power of technology is pointless. Technology has transformed traditional industries and will continue to do so. Now, we need to figure out how...
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Belarusian Tech Companies Lead a Global Technological Advance in Outsourcing and Product Development
This year, Belarus was shortlisted as a top outsourcing destination of 2016, by the UK-based Global Sourcing Association (GSA). The country was also included in the Top...
In 2017, Minsk International Airport will offer new direct connections to European and Asian destinations. One of them is Brussels and the route will be operated by the...
Increasingly, more young Belarusians are choosing a career in the IT sector. In 2010, some 20,000 people had a job in the industry and that number grew to 36,000 in...
Increasingly, more foreign companies are identifying business opportunities in Belarus and are setting up their offices, or investing, in the country. Torsten Merkel...
The international community should not force Belarus to introduce changes and should let the country find its own way to emerge, Antonio Somma, head of the OECD Eurasia...
It is now over two months since the EU referendum in the UK and the post-Brexit future looks more optimistic for Central and Eastern Europe. The CEE region is already...
Brexit isn’t expected to have a short term impact on Central and Eastern Europe but long term consequences are already on the horizon. At the Economic Forum in Krynica...
In Minsk, construction on the new Great Stone Industrial Park, which will eventually exceed 91 sq. km, is well underway. The Park already has 13 km of internal streets...
There are about 4,300 free economic zones across the world and more are constantly being added. Belarus, with its population of close to ten million and area of slightly...
Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which joined the European Union between 2004 and 2013, have seen rising standards of living and are ranked amongst some of the...
The most important thing, for Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko is a clear vision of the country’s future. “We should specify the tasks required to ensure...
