OREANDA-NEWS. August 11, 2008. Information regarding future wide privatization of state-owned properties has been appearing in different media-sources quite regularly.

Business community expected that it should begin even this year as various Belarusian officials declared intentions of the state to liberalize economy with regards to ambitious plans to enter into top-25 country list from the point of doing business.

This strategy has been confirmed already by a certain changes in legislation. In the light of the foregoing the new list of government-owned companies prepared for sale during the following year by way of auction/tender is not so impressive as it could be.

The list was publicized by the State Committee on Property of the Republic of Belarus and includes mainly unprofitable enterprises and/or companies operating mostly in the underdeveloped business areas.