Economy

Lithuanian holding Oil Pack Invest decides to refuse from the plans to build waste processing plant in the Belarusian city.
The Ministry of Economy predicted a 2% decrease, foreign experts expected the GDP to go down by 3%.
The Belarusian nuclear power plant will commissioned in 2019, says Deputy Prime Minister Uladzimir Syamashka.
However, he is against increasing wages for those who do not earn them.
Russian deputy prime minister Arkadi Dvorkovich says the issue of Belarus' gas debt will be solved within two weeks.
Belarus continues to pay a lower price - not what Gazprom expects - for Russian natural gas supplies.
This year’s topic is Reform for Inclusive Growth.
Prime Minister Andrei Kabyakou says the population of Belarus sold foreign currency worth of nearly $1.5 billion this year.
Belarus' gross external debt amounted to $13.4 billion as of October 1, 2016, reports the Ministry of Finance.