Belarus has a population of approximately 9.4 million people, with the majority residing in urban areas. The population is predominantly ethnic Belarusian, with significant Russian and Polish minorities. Belarusian is the official language, and the majority of the population identifies as Christian, with...
common currency; the precise nature of the partnership, however, remained unclear well into the 21st century. Thelegacyof Belarus’s Soviet past also continued tomanifestitself, both in the persistent prominence of communist political parties and in thecountry’sauthoritarianstyle of government. About...
Currency: rouble. Capital: Minsk. Pop.: 9 851 000 (2004 est.). Area: 207 600 sq. km (80 134 sq. miles) Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005 Belarus Official name: Republic of Belarus Capital city: Minsk Internet country code: .by Flag ...
CAPITAL: Minsk. MONETARY UNIT: The Belarusian ruble (BR) became the official currency in May 1992. New bank notes introduced in 2000 include 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1,000 and 5,000 ruble notes. The currency contains no coins. As of February 2001, BR1,244 equaled US$1....
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $1.215 billion (2005 est.) Debt - external: $4.662 billion (30 June 2005 est.) Currency (code): Belarusian ruble (BYB/BYR) Currency code: BYB/BYR Exchange rates: Belarusian rubles per United States dollar - 2,150 (2005), 2,160.26 (2004)...
STATISTICS:BELARUS, 3Q2024: voluntary insurance generates over 67% of premiums and paid claims At the end of 3Q2024, the insurance sector of Belarus amounted to BYN 1,929.51 million (EUR 538.31 million), which is 17.46% more y-o-y in local currency, according to data published by the Min...
(1919–91); in 1997 formed a close political and economic union with Russia: mainly low-lying and forested. Languages: Belarussian; Russian. Religion: believers are mostly Christian. Currency: rouble. Capital: Minsk. Pop: 9 625 888 (2013 est). Area: 207 600 sq km (80 134 sq miles)....
experienced substantial increases in itsgross domestic product(GDP) as well as growing trade with theEuropean Union. The country was hit hard, however, by theglobal recessionthat began in 2008. Manufacturing, particularly in theautomotive industry, declined, and in 2009 the national currency was de...
“Currency.com will disrupt and revolutionise financial technology on a large scale,” said VP Capital’s founder Viktor Prokopenya. All traders must undergo a verification procedure to guard against money laundering. The platform is based in the Belarus Hi-Tech Park and represents f...
who lessened the burden hiscountryhad initially agreed to bear in the partnership. Although disputes arose between the two countries over the union’s impact on issues such as defense and natural resources, they agreed on the goal of a common currency, an idea first broached in the early 1990s...