The political turmoil in Belarus has closed the government’s access to loans from western multinational lenders, and made new borrowing on the international debt market extremely expensive. Moreover, from now onwards, Minsk...
As the political crisis in Belarus increases, banks find themselves under severe pressure. With an ever growing number of people withdrawing money, the National Bank of Belarus has no choice but to sell its reserves on financial...
Belarus became an important country for the European Union, and most of all, for Germany and France. It has always been important for Russia. In recent years, however, the group of countries interested in Belarus was joined by...
Russia’s decision to cut credit support to the Belarusian government as of the beginning of 2020 has forced Minsk to turn to the EU and international lenders for urgent financial support during the coronavirus crisis.
On April 30, Belarus’ Economy Minister Aleksandr Chervyakov unveiled a package that earmarked at least USD328m for health care and promised the government would cover 100 per cent of average daily earnings during a hospital...
Russia’s refusal to extend its USD multi-billion energy subsidies to Belarus since the start of this year, as well as its reluctance to retain the previous level of credit support to its neighbor, will likely put Minsk’s...
The revenues of the apricot market in Central and Southeast Europe (CSE) amounted to USD318m in 2018, down 5.8 per cent against the previous year, according to IndexBox’s report: “Eastern Europe – Apricots – Market...
In Poland political parties are bidding which one of them can promise the most on the eve of the elections. Meanwhile, in the Belarusian presidential campaign Alexander Lukashenka is distancing himself from populism.
As public money flows into venture capital funds in Poland, the supply of available financing is larger than the pool of projects fit for investment. One solution to this problem would be to engage start-ups from Eastern...
As public money flows into venture capital funds in Poland, the supply of available financing is larger than the pool of projects fit for investment. One solution to this problem would be to engage start-ups from east of the...