Economy

The customs duties on electric car imports are waived through August 31, 2017 to stimulate environment-friendly transport.
Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak says the talks on natural gas and oil supplies to Belarus are still in progress.
Export duty on crude oil is set at $80 per ton effective from September 1, under the Council of Ministers' resolution from today.
Minsk and Moscow have agreed on a new pricing scheme for Russian gas, Kommersant reports.
Economic growth is being restored in Belarus, the PM said.
IT-specialists have the biggest wages while social workers have the smallest ones.
The Belarusian industry will overcome the current recession, the state leader thinks.
The sum has been announced by KGB chief Valery Vakulchyk.
The Main Economic Department at the Presidential Administration underpaid to the budget in the first half of 2016.