The European Union will provide EUR 25 million more in 2017 and 2018 for decentralization reform. Last month EUR 23 million was sent to the Ukrainian budget, Sector Manager of Regional and Local Development in the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Ukraine Dominik Papenheim said. The EU anticipates that the funds will be…
According to the official customs statistics, in October-November Ukraine exported 36.7 thousand tons of malting barley (12.4 thousand tons and 24.3 thousand tons respectively), which significantly exceeded the general figures for six previous seasons (29 thousand tons). At the same time, Poland purchased nearly half of the exported volumes, while Romania and Belarus imported nearly…
By 2021 Kazakhstan plans to have put 610 thousand ha of irrigated farmland into circulation, the Chairman of the Committee for water resources at the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan Islam Abishev declared. In the nearest 5 years Kazakhstan plans to restore the irrigation systems of regular irrigated agricultural areas throughout the areas of 610…
DCH Group of Oleksandr Yaroslavsky has suggested creating an international consortium to acquire PJSC Odessa Port-Side Chemical Plant, the press service of the group has said. “Despite the fact the tender to sell a stake in Odessa Port-Side Plant, scheduled for December 14, failed, DCH Group confirms its interest in the acquisition of the asset.…
Milling wheat continued rising in price on the domestic market on active purchases. Export prices for 11.5%-protein wheat in Bulgaria stay at $176-179 FOB for December-January delivery. Growing demand for Bulgarian wheat is observed from beyond the European Union. Overall, traders substantially increased export shipments of wheat this season. In the first five months of…
Ukraine imported 6.656 million tons of fuel (petrol, diesel fuel, boiler oil, jet engine fuel, and others, which have FEACN code 2710) to the tune of $2.908 billion January through November, including $392.16 million in November. Fuel from Belarus was imported to the tune of $1.626 billion, from Russia – $458.085 million, Lithuania – $318.76…
The austerity policy realized in Baltics during the crisis has resulted in some of the lowest budget deficit and debt levels in the European Union. However, Baltics are part of the six EU member states, which includes Luxembourg, Denmark and Slovakia, which are able to fulfill all Maastricht criteria. “Baltic States have managed to demonstrate…