Belarus President, President of the National Olympic Committee Alexander Lukashenko congratulated the Belarusian national tennis team of Aleksandra Sasnovich, Arina Sobolenko, Olga Govortsova and Vera Lapko on the victory in the Fed Cup World Group semifinal tie against Switzerland.

To better serve the growing power and grid reliability needs in Africa, GE’s Distributed Power (NYSE: GE) announced that it has recently signed an agreement with Clarke Energy to serve as GE’s distributor of Jenbacher gas engines for six additional countries in Africa.

Danish biotechnology firm Novozymes said it expects a slight rise in US ethanol output in 2017, after an increase in production in the first quarter of the year. But the company says US demand is down and inventories in the country are rising.

At the Honda plant in East Liberty, Ohio, the production of the fifth-generation CR-V model for the Russian market started. The new Honda CR-V will make its debut in Russia in mid-2017.

The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg will visit the Republic of Italy on Thursday, 27 April 2017 where he will meet with the President of the Council of Ministers, Mr. Paolo Gentiloni.

An annual conference of inventors and rationalizers was held at PJSC TATNEFT.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic met today with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Sven Mikser.

Mechel PAO (MOEX:MTLR) (NYSE:MTL), a leading Russian mining and steel group, announces financial results for the full year 2016.

President Petro Poroshenko informed on a decision by COREPER to grant visa-free regime for Ukrainians.

Moscow – Tele2, an alternative mobile operator, has launched the Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service for its clients in Moscow Region.