On December 15, the European Parliament approved of new rules that provided for quicker restoration of visa requirements for non-EU nationals in events when EU member states faced surge of illegal immigration or security risks. “We have succeeded in creating a more flexible and operational tool, while ensuring respect for human rights and a key…
The House of Commons of Canada has supported the ratification of a free trade area (FTA) agreement with Ukraine, according to the Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Ukraine’s Trade Representative Natalia Mykolska. “The lower house of the parliament of Canada unanimously supported the ratification of the FTA agreement between Ukraine and Canada”, she…
Ukrainian sunmeal exports totaled 349.8 KMT in October against 141.5 KMT in September and 348 KMT in October 2015. In 2016/2017 (September-October), this product’s shipments to foreign markets somewhat exceeded last season’s: 491.3 KMT against 487.1 KMT a year ago. Although exports in the first two months did not reach the high registered in MY…
Kazakhstan declares its agriculture development plans and takes steps for their fulfillment. The nation has aimed at exporting up to half the production to CIS markets in three years. To achieve this goal, work is under way for attracting investments to various agricultural projects. It is envisaged to engage at least ten trans-national companies into…
In 2017 PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia plans to invest 30 billion UAH in drilling and purchase of new equipment, head of the company Oleh Prokhorenko has said at a press conference in Kyiv. According to him, next year the company intends to drill about 100 new wells, overhaul 500 existing wells, as well as carry out operations…
Lower-than-usual temperatures (down by 2-4 degrees C from their long-term average) were registered in the west and north-west of Romania. Temperatures above the long-term normal occurred in the south of the country and in its northeastern region named Moldova (2 C). Air temperatures averaged within –8 and +10 C, peaked at +12 C in the…
The weather was colder-than-usual and featured precipitation. Diverse temperatures and precipitation shortages were reported in the country. The average weekly air temperature was +0.1 to +2.5 degrees C, mostly 1-2.4 C above normal. Air temperatures peaked at +14 C – this occurs on average once per seven years at the time – and bottomed out…