Great Stone – a pearl of the Silk Road

Jul 31, 2019 | Business, Trends

By Natalya Chernogorova, Priorbank Belarus | Twenty-five kilometers away to the north of Belarus’ capital city Minsk there is a newly evolving multinational smart eco-town with a focus on high-tech innovative industries and a well-developed social infrastructure,...

Belarus and Russia: Brothers in Arms when it comes to digital banking

Dec 31, 2018 | Economics, Trends

By Gunter Deuber, RBI and Natalya Chernogorova, Priorbank Belarus | In terms of its degree of digital maturity, the banking sector in Belarus can be described as very advanced. This holds true although the banking sector in Belarus is sometimes overlooked in...

The bison: a woolly giant representing the spirit of the Belarusian nation

Dec 28, 2018 | Culture

In the days of the industrial society, the thinly populated and inaccessible forests of Belarus were felt to be the epitome of backwardness. In today’s post-industrial economy, opinions have been turned on their head. Nothing is rarer – and therefore more...

Belarus and China: Economic connectivity at its best

Dec 27, 2018 | Business, Economics

By Natalya Chernogorova and Vasily Pirogovsky, Priorbank Belarus | Compared with other countries of the CEE region, the economic connectivity of China and Belarus is one of the highest. Diplomatic relations between China and Belarus have already been established in...

Christmas and New Year traditions in Belarus

Dec 20, 2018 | Culture

By Darya Shakuro, Priorbank Belarus | As a “Soviet legacy”, Belarusians got New Year’s Eve as the main holiday in the year. While all of Europe has always paid more attention to Christmas, the Soviet ideology has demanded the abandonment of “Western” and religious...