For those who miss urban festivals but don’t really like queues and crowds of people, this weekend the Botanical Gardens in the morning is the ideal place. Everyone pulls up in the evening, and there aren’t too many people at the festival until about three or four o’clock and the queues around the foodtracks are small. At some of them you can pick up your food in just a minute. But you will often have to wait until you get a seat at a table. Especially if you want to escape the sun in the shade. Such locations turn out to be particularly popular. But space is easy to solve: you can simply grab ..read more

Summer is here and the temperature is rising in Minsk. The city is buzzing with life and color, as people enjoy the sunny days and long nights. One of the most popular trends this season is skirts, which come in various styles, lengths and patterns. Skirts are versatile, comfortable and flattering, and they can be paired with different tops, shoes and accessories to create different looks. Some of the hottest skirts this summer are: • Midi skirts: These are skirts that end below the knee and above the ankle. They are elegant, feminine and chic, and they can be worn with heels, flats or sneaker ..read more

The GDP deflator index was 109.2% in January – May 2023 compared to the same period last year. This is how Belstat estimated the dynamics of gross domestic product for January – May. The last time the growth of the Belarusian economy was recorded in February 2022. Then it was estimated at 1.2% over the same period of 2021. However, the result of the first quarter of 2022 was a decline of GDP by 0.4% compared to January – March 2021. It accelerated further. The volume of industrial production in Belarus amounted to 73.2 billion rubles at current prices, it increased by 4.1% compared to January ..read more

The Representative Office of German Economy in the Republic of Belarus (AHK Belarus) in cooperation with the Information Center for German Economy, a subsidiary of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), conducted a survey AHK World Business Outlook from March 21 to April 6, 2023. The survey involved 53 German companies operating in the Republic of Belarus. In terms of industry sector these are 25 companies in the service sector, 18 companies from the trade sector and 10 industrial and construction companies. The data from the spring survey are comparable with the results of the au ..read more

The summer of 2023 was one of the hottest in Minsk’s history. The temperature soared above 30 degrees Celsius for weeks, making the city feel like a sauna. The air was humid and sticky, and the sun was relentless. People tried to find ways to cool down, such as going to the river, swimming pools, or air-conditioned malls. Some even installed sprinklers on their balconies or rooftops. But nothing seemed to help much. The heat was exhausting and oppressive, and everyone hoped for a thunderstorm or a breeze to bring some relief. It was a summer to remember, but not in a good way. Despite the scor ..read more

It seems that the extra features of technology can’t be superfluous – more is not less, it comes in handy! However, according to the observations of our dog-eat-dog editorial board, this is not always the case. Rather, on the contrary: it is rare to find a combined technique invented not to follow the trend for versatility, but to solve a problem that was not previously solved or solved in a more complicated way. Let’s deal with the 2-, 3-, 4-in-1 technique based on editorial experience: whether it’s needed, and if so, who needs it and in what situation.   Table of contents Microwave ove ..read more

If we were to give such a puzzle to a reader who had no idea what was going on on the French capital’s courts, he would probably remember the names of Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka. After all, they have crossed paths twice in the last couple of years at the same competition – in New York in the US Open. Or at least the name of Alexandra Sasnovich would be on the tip of the tongue. No, she didn’t. Second racket of the world and Irina Shymanovich, 214th in the world ranking, fought for the third round. Yes, yes, at the age of 25 the citizen of Minsk not just got to the main draw of the “major ..read more

The real estate market in Belarus has seen a surge in sales transactions with apartments in the capital in 2022. According to a report by a cadastral agency, 2022 was the most productive year for the number of sales transactions with apartments in the capital for the entire history of the state land registry. The second half of the year saw a significant increase in the number of apartment sales, contributing to a high number of transactions. The pent-up demand was one of the factors that led to the high number of transactions. In total, there were more than 15 thousand sales transactions in 2 ..read more

According to the results of 2022, the number of publicly disclosed transactions implemented in Belarus decreased by 57% compared to the previous year. This is stated in the annual study of the Belarusian market of mergers and acquisitions, conducted by ASER Capital. The study of the M&A market in Belarus analyzed public mergers and acquisitions implemented in 2022, the subject of which were companies resident of Belarus or at least one side of which was a company resident of Belarus or which had Belarusians as founders. Public information shows that 30 deals were made in the analyzed perio ..read more

The Belarusian economy may return to growth in the spring. And in the first quarter it will continue to fall, but not so fast, forecasts Eurasian economists. The scale of the economic recession in Belarus is decreasing. According to the experts of the Eurasian Development Bank, this indicates that the economy is adapting to the changed conditions of functioning. While in the third quarter the GDP decline was 5.4% in annual terms, in the last quarter of the year the decline decreased to 4.7%. According to the forecast published in the EDB macroeconomic review, in the first quarter of 2023, the ..read more