The interest in oilseeds growing has strengthened considerably over the last decade. As a result, plantings for MY 2016/2017 expanded to 8.9 million ha against 6.3 million ha in MY 2007/2008. As sunseed is the most remunerable oilseed, sunflower accounts for 65-70% of planted acreage, and its share will reach 71% in the current marketing…
European shipowners welcomed earlier this year the adoption of the integrated European Union policy for the Arctic region, ECSA said in its press release. “We believe that the three priority areas identified cover all topical Arctic matters. Climate change and environment, sustainable development and international cooperation all deserve equal attention”, said ECSA Secretary General Patrick…
About 7% of Russian mobile subscribers changed their operators in January-June as compared to 4-5% of users who switched to other operators within six months in several previous years, according to a Deloitte research. Deloitte polled 2,000 respondents across the country at the age of 18-60 years. The indicator included the mobile number portability (MNP)…
A squadron of the newest Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bombers has been set up in the air regiment of Russia’s Eastern Military District deployed to the Khabarovsk region, head of the district press service Colonel Alexander Gordeyev said. “This year, the newest Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bombers, received by the Eastern Military District, formed a new squadron.…
Ukraine’s real gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter of 2016 increased by 2% YoY, which is 0.2% higher than the previously made assessment, according to the website of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. “GDP in the third quarter of 2016 compared with the previous quarter (seasonally adjusted) increased by 0.5%, while compared…
The season of 2016/2017 was marked by another rich total harvest of wheat in many of major wheat exporting countries (the harvest even hit a record high in some of them). The exception is the EU, which harvested 16 MMT less wheat (144 MMT) than last year’s bumper crop, according to the USDA. The USDA…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had a telephone conversation with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde, the press service of the Ukrainian president has said. “Petro Poroshenko and Christine Lagarde coordinated steps within the development of further cooperation between Ukraine and the IMF under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program”, a…