On September 16, on completion of the Eid al-Fitr celebration, as soon as the banking day was opened in Turkmenistan, Turkmenhowayollary (Turkmenistan Airlines) transferred cash to the accounts of the Russian air navigation service provider, FSUE “State ATM Corporation” for services previously rendered in full. All restrictions on Turkmenistan Airlines’ flights in Russian airspace have…
In H1 2016 financing of labor protection measures of JSC “Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg” (SP SPb, part of UCL Holding) amounted to 14.3 million rubles. Major part of the funds SP SPb transferred for reimbursement payments for work, which was considered in accordance with requirements of Labor legislation of RF and provisions of Collective Bargaining…
French company Danone is considering the prospects of purchasing a third dairy plant in Belarus. Belarusian Prime-Minister Andrei Kobyakov made a statement to this effect at a meeting with French Ambassador in Minsk Dominique Gazuy upon completion of her diplomatic mission to Belarus. The premier said: “French companies have been paying attention to Belarus in…
Estonia’s capital Tallinn was named a Top-Rated Baltic & Scandinavia Cruise Destination in Cruise Critic’s first-ever Cruisers’ Choice Destination Awards. According to the Cruise Critic’s consumer feedback submitted on the Cruise Critic website over the past year the top 5 destinations of the Baltic Sea region are: 1. St. Petersburg; 2. Tallinn; 3. Stockholm; 4.…
OAO Belarusbank jointly with Russia’s Roseximbank will provide special-terms financing for supplies of high-tech products from Russia to Belarus, the Belarusian bank said in a press-release. Operating as part of Russian Export Centre Group, Roseximbank has been financing Russia’s high-tech products facilitation program since 2015. The banks will provide documentary credit financing in support of…
Belarus’ gross domestic product (GDP) reduced by 3% YoY in January-August to 60.8 billion Belarusian rubles ($31.1 billion at the central bank’s exchange rate), an official with Belarus’ National Statistics Committee reported. Industrial output in January-August fell by 1.8% YoY to Br51.5 billion ($26.3 billion). Farm output reduced by 2.2% to Br8.4 billion ($4.3 billion).…
Belarus’ industrial output decreased by 1.8% YoY in January-August to 51.528 billion Belarusian rubles (Br), or $26.325 billion at the official rate of the National Bank, the National Statistical Committee (Belstat) reported. Production of coke, oil products and nuclear materials reduced by 7.2% YoY in January-August to 7.58 billion rubles ($3.872 billion). The output of…