The first consignment of buses assembled in Turkey arrived in Tajikistan. Tajikistan has purchased 40 Isuzu buses assembled in Turkey for Dushanbe and they have moved to Tajikistan through the territories of Iran, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The buses were reportedly moving from Turkey to Tajikistan for 12 days. “The buses will enter into service on…
The existing economic cooperation level between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Azerbaijan doesn’t reflect the true potential of the two countries, UAE Minister of Economy Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri declared. Al Mansouri made the remarks on the eve of the 6th meeting of the UAE-Azerbaijan Joint Commission on Economic, Commercial and Technical Collaboration…
For everyday transactions, residents use contactless payment cards. 120,000 people in Latvia use them, Swedbank representatives declared. Swedbank data shows – 80% of all payment cards renewed by clients are contactless cards. In total, there are more than 4,800 trade locations that offer transaction options for owners of contactless payment cards, and their number increases…
The National bank of Tajikistan (NBT) is reportedly taking measures to stabilize the country’s currency market. “Since the beginning of the year, the Tajik national currency, the somoni, has lost 7.32% of its value against the dollar at the official exchange rate,” said an official source at Tajik central bank. “Meanwhile, the somoni has lost…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers at a meeting on April 12, extended the state of emergency in the electricity market for one more month. Emergency measures in the energy sector, stipulated in government resolution No. 103-r dated February 15, came into effect on February 17, because of the blockade by activists with the support of a…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers, under a proposal of the Finance Ministry, has approved the attraction of an external advisor who will advise the ministry in upgrade of the strategy for reforming state-owned banks. The decision was made by the government on April 12. “Implementing clause 13 of the memorandum (signed by Ukraine and the International…
Each additional billion dollars of foreign investments is an additional 1% to Ukraine’s GDP growth, Yulia Kovaliv, Head of the Office of the National Investment Council, stated during the forum on foreign direct investments. “When we look at the biggest taxpayers, most of them, apart from state-owned companies, are large international companies,” Kovaliv said. She…