The paper analyzes municipal waste collection and treatment systems in Sweden and Finland.

The paper analyzes new legislative initiatives in the EU and EAEU countries, aimed at solving the problems of packaging waste within the framework of building a circular economy.

The paper reveals the peculiarities of perception of the circular economy concept by top management representatives of enterprises with traditional (linear) and circular business model.

Only the information and communication technology sector continued to generate stable investment demand in 2019. It was effective in attracting investment not only because of the preferences granted to the industry, but also thanks to businesses’ determined efforts to raise investment funds as a well-proven tool for expansion in the market. However, in general, Belarus still lags behind other countries in terms of the investment attractiveness.

In 2019, the Belarusian authorities were trying to maintain an infirm balance between (1) the preservation of the economic model with a dominant role of state-run enterprises, (2) a comforting rate of output growth, and (3) macroeconomic and financial stability. No success was achieved, and one of the components had to be sacrificed.

BEROC presents the Economic Outlook - the first and the second quarters 2020.