Kyrgyzstan: Pakistan interested in cooperation

Pakistan is interested in partnership with Kyrgyzstan in such spheres as medicine, pharmaceuticals industry, IT technologies, agriculture, and also in the mining industry, members of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Iran stated at a meeting with delegation of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan. The Speaker Chynybay Tursunbekov said that Kyrgyzstan had created a liberal…

Kazakhstan: two banks to merge

The shareholders of Kazakhstan’s Tengri Bank and Capital Bank Kazakhstan have signed a memorandum of intent to merge, the press-services of two banks said in a message on March 15. The bank’s consolidated capital will be 43.2 billion tenge and the bank will rise to the 17th place among second tier banks in Kazakhstan. Currently,…

Ukraine not participating in PrivatBank’s arbitration against Russia in The Hague

Information that Ukraine is allegedly actively engaged in international court proceedings initiated by PrivatBank against the Russian Federation regarding the compensation of damage from the loss of the banking business and assets due to illegal Crimea annexation is false, the Finance Ministry of Ukraine has reported. “The Ukrainian State does not participate in the claims…

Ukraine: gas import price up in February 2017

Ukrainian enterprises in February imported gas at an average price of UAH 6,681.88, or $246.88 per 1,000 cubic meters, the Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reported on its website. In January the price of imported gas was $229.51 (UAH 6,032.85). The price of imported gas in January 2016 was $231.41 (UAH 5,542.82), $200.39…