Belarus endorses the recommendation of the OECD in terms of upgrading SME capacity and has already developed specific measures to implement them, Belarus’ Economy Minister Vladimir Zinovsky said during the roundtable held as part of the OECD Eurasia Week 2016 in Paris. Presenting a set of measures to implement the proposals of the OECD experts,…
Public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia seeks to boost capital investment 2.4 times in 2017, to 27.4 billion UAH from 11.2 billion UAH expected in 2016, according to a company presentation shown during the phone conference with investors. According to the document, Ukrzaliznytsia plans to send 46% of funds to purchase property assets, 33% for major construction…
The Belarusian-Turkish business council will sit in Minsk in 2017. The matter was discussed at the meeting between Belarus’ Consul General in Istanbul Vladimir Mironovich and Chairman of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey Omer Cihad Vardan, the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. The parties reached an agreement to…
Restructuring of Azerbaijan’s financial sector may be completed by the end of 2016, Rufat Aslanli, chairman of the board of directors at the country’s Financial Market Supervisory Authorit, said. “Currently, we aim at completing the restructuring process in the country’s financial sector”, he said. “I think we will be able to complete it until late…
Privatization of Azerbaijan’s large state enterprises, including state oil company SOCAR, requires time and such issues must not be hurried, Rafig Jalilov, deputy chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Committee on Property Issues, said. “It is needed to be consistent in such issues, since the privatization of large enterprises touches the issues of Azerbaijan’s economic independence”, Jalilov…
International reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) are projected to increase to $17.5 billion by the end of 2016, if Ukraine receives a credit totaling 600 million euros from the European Union and a credit totaling $1.3 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). NBU Governor Valeria Gontareva stated this at a press…
Construction of a railway bridge across the Astarachay river at the border of Azerbaijan and Iran as part of the North-South Transport Corridor will be completed in December, Javid Gurbanov, head of Azerbaijan Railways, reported. Gurbanov said the 8.3-kilometer section of the railway from the Astara Station to the bridge at the border with Iran…