Belarus's neighbours open doors to tech talent


In 2005, Minsk created a High Technology Park, quickly dubbed a 'Belarusian Silicon Valley'. Pictured here is the logo at its office in 2016. — Reuters

WARSAW: With Belarus in upheaval, its neighbours are eyeing its tech sector in the hope of attracting the talent behind global successes such as calling app Viber and the game World Of Tanks.

Since the mass protests against President Alexander Lukashenko began last month, Poland and the Baltic states have opened their doors to companies from the former Soviet republic's thriving IT sector.

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