Category: News
Retention Tools That Hold Up in Belarus: Clawbacks, Training Agreements, and Deferred Bonuses
Most retention playbooks written in the US or Western Europe rely on the same few tools: a sign-on bonus that…
Belarus vs Serbia for Tech Hiring: Cost, Talent Pool, and Employment Models
If you’re comparing Belarus and Serbia for your next engineering hires, you’ve probably already heard the standard pitch for both:…
How to Hire IT Specialists in Belarus: A Step-by-Step Recruiting Guide for Foreign Companies
Belarus is one of the strongest developer markets in the region, and for a foreign company the appeal is simple:…
Employee Data Protection and Privacy in Belarus: A Foreign Employer’s Obligations
If you employ people in Belarus, you’re handling their personal data — contracts, salaries, ID numbers, bank details — and…
Losing HTP Residency: What Can Get a Company Excluded and How to Stay Compliant
Getting into the Hi-Tech Park was the hard part — the business project, the review, the Supervisory Board’s yes. So…
Scaling a Belarus Team via EOR: When to Add Headcount and When to Switch to an Entity
You put your Belarus team on an EOR, and it worked — people hired fast, no entity to stand up,…
HTP Resident Company vs. a Standard Belarusian LLC: Tax and Cost Comparison for Foreign Founders
You’ve settled on Belarus for your company. Now the registrar wants to know what kind — and for a foreign…
HTP Residency or an EOR? Choosing How to Enter the Belarus Market in 2026
You’ve decided Belarus is where your next engineers, or your next tech operation, should be. Good instinct — the talent…
Repatriating Profits from an HTP Company: Dividends, Withholding, and Currency Rules for Foreign Owners
You built a profitable company inside Belarus’s Hi-Tech Park (HTP). The tax regime did its job, profit accumulated, and now…
The 2026 State of Belarus IT Salaries: Real Benchmarks by Role and Seniority
You’ve found a strong developer in Minsk. The CV checks out, the English is good, and the rate they mentioned…
Sanctions, Banking, and Paying Belarusian Salaries in 2026: A Practical Guide for Foreign Companies
Belarus remains one of the most interesting IT-talent markets in the region. The engineering depth is real, salaries are competitive,…
Non-Compete Clauses in Belarus: What Foreign Employers Can Actually Enforce Beyond an NDA
Here’s the phone call. A senior engineer on your Belarusian team has just handed in notice — and next Monday…
Time-Zone Strategy for Distributed Teams: Making Belarus Work Alongside US and EU Offices
The question isn’t whether you can work with a team in Belarus. Tens of thousands of engineers in Minsk have…
Severance Pay in Belarus: Scenarios, Real Numbers, and Who Actually Pays
It’s a call no founder looks forward to. The round didn’t close, or the project got cut, or a hire…
Source Code, IP, and Data Residency in Belarus: Where Your Assets Actually Live
You’ve found a brilliant developer in Minsk. The rate works, the timezone works, the code is clean. Then someone on…
EOR for Stealth-Mode and Pre-Launch Startups: Hiring in Belarus Before You Can Reveal the Company Name
You raised the seed round. You want to hire two senior engineers in Minsk starting next week. But the parent…
Workplace Injury and Occupational Health in Belarus: A Foreign Employer’s Primer
One of your Minsk-based developers messages Slack on a Tuesday morning: they slipped getting coffee during a client call and…