Business - The Minsk Herald

Trends by Viktor Prokopenya

Famous Belarusian IT entrepreneur Viktor Prokopenya, who currently invests in several bang up to date projects, shares his experience in the IT industry and views on how these trends will affect Belarus and its IT sector.

Top 5 youngest and most successful businessmen of Belarus according to BDG

Mark Manson

BDG, or Belarusakya Delovaya Gazeta (Belarusian Business Newspaper) created its own list of the youngest and promising businessmen in Belarus

OutMSQRDed: the main people, events, and scandals of 2016 in Belarusian IT

Yuri Drazdow

Belarusian ‘masks’ sold to Facebook, Wargaming’s ‘second wind’, EPAM’s first billion, Infopark deprived of priviliges, High Tech Park’s 10 year anniversary, and Belarus as a ‘silicone valley’ — we sum up the mains events of the last year.

The Potash Market: a New Philosophy

Yuri Drazdow

In recent years, the global potash market has undergone major changes which has resulted in a shift in the market philosophy. Now the market is based on healthy competition between leading players and not on cartel agreements, which, of course, will affect a particularly important sector for Belarus: potash.

Portrait of Belarus IT : Applied Systems

Yuri Drazdow

The Minsk Herald starts the series of interviews with prominent Belarusian IT businessmen. Our first guest is Serge Usovich, CEO of Applied Systems

Belarusians’ savings flow into economy

Mark Manson

Negative foreign trade surplus is growing, putting pressure on BYN exchange rate. Exporters need the weak national currency too so experts predict further devaluation.

A street of Belarus-made wood houses to be built in France

Yuri Drazdow

Belarusian enterprise starts sales of wooden houses in Alsase region of France. Other regions to follow

Export plan ‘33-33-33’: is the goal attainable?

Anastasia Dubnovitskaya

The government plans to diversify Belarusian exports by 2020 so that one third of the products would go to the Eurasian Economic Union, another third — to the European Union and the rest of the products to other countries.

Stadler believes in Belarus

Anastasia Dubnovitskaya

The plant of the Swiss company Stadler in Fanipol has experienced a fall in demand for their products. The owner and CEO of Stadler Rail Group, Peter Spuhler, told reporters about the crisis response made by the foreign investor

Belarus expects a loan from IMF

Mark Manson

Country needs money as Russia is still refusing to help its western neighbour. But what the IMF demands from Belarus? And will it really help to restore economic growth?

The Minsk Herald 2012 -2026