An inspection of quarantine products of high phytosanitary risk has revealed violations, according to Kazakh and the Eurasian Economic Union legislation, the Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture said on June 27. In particular, as much as 81.5 tons of potatoes imported from Azerbaijan were revealed to be partially infectious, and thus were returned back. Overall, 99.8…
Major tasks of the future head of the state-owned PrivatBank include the development of a strategy for growth, preparations for successful inclusion of foreign investors in its capital within several years and further efforts to clear up the bank from toxic assets, acting governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Yakiv Smolii said. Smolii…
The State Agency of Automobile Roads of Ukraine (Ukravtodor) will start carrying out all purchases via the e-procurement system ProZorro from August 1. The relevant report has been posted on the website of the Infrastructure Ministry. “Starting from August 1, the State Agency of Automobile Roads of Ukraine, which deals with the maintenance and minor…
Belarus is gradually getting back on track for recovery, First Vice Premier Vasily Matyushevsky said when speaking at the joint session of the Belarusian parliament on June 26. “The economic performance in the recent months has been showing that the Belarusian economy is back on track. The GDP growth target for H1 has been over-fulfilled:…
Kazakhstan plans to raise the country’s tourism share to 8% of GDP by 2025. This was announced by First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin at the international conference “Tourism and Future Energy: Unlocking Low Carbon Growth Opportunities” in the Congress Center of Expo-2017. “We have rich nature and resources. The rich Kazakh history…
Turkmenistan is completing construction of an automobile bridge across the Tejen River at the Serakhs-Sarakhs (Turkmenistan-Iran) checkpoint, Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister for Transport and Communications Dadebay Amangeldiev said. The length of the bridge is 96 meters, and the width is 15.1 meters. The capacity of the facility is about 2,000 cars per day. The 105…
The Board of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan has decided to raise the refinancing rate to 14% from 9%, the press service of the bank said in a message. “This decision was made due to the acceleration of inflation for the past period and the need to limit the increased inflationary risks,” the message said.…