OREANDA-NEWS. January 11, 2011. Belarusbank has won Business New Europe's (BNE) "Best bank in CEE/CIS" award in the Republic of Belarus in BNE's inaugural annual ranking of banks.

The award in the banking sector of the Republic of Belarus was given by BNE's international panel of expert and judges on a variety of grounds, that include, but are not limited to, finance results. At the same time, the publication believes that the nominated bank should not only have good financial results, but also overcome the economic challenges. As recognized by BNE, Belarusbank is not only the largest bank and the biggest player in the financial market of the Republic of Belarus, but also the unquestioned winner of the award.

According to BNE, "The clear winner remains Belarusbank, the largest bank in the country; to a large extent Belarusbank is Belarus' banking sector."

BNE has been published since 2006 and is available for readers in the 30 countries of Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe and post-Soviet countries. The publication covers economics, finance, politics and business in Europe's emerging markets.

Thus, as of today, Belarusbank has awards from almost all of the leading financial publications: Euromoney, Global Finance, EMEA Finance, BNE.