On August 22, Ukraine and Israel will hold the tenth meeting of the joint Ukrainian-Israeli Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation in Kyiv. This was reported by the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine. “The tenth meeting of the joint Ukrainian-Israeli Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation will be held in Kyiv on…
In recent years, Latvia has managed to reduce the electricity price difference with other Baltic neighboring countries, as reported by Enefit Chairman Janis Bethers. “Although Latvian households still pay the most for electricity, these expenses will continue declining. The price difference with Estonia, which historically has the lowest wholesale prices, has declined nearly 2-fold,” says…
The total loss of Ukrainian solvent banks was estimated at UAH 223 million in January-July, down 41.5-fold YoY, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). Ukraine’s solvent banks received UAH 1.43 billion in profit over the period under review. According to the NBU, incomes of banks for January-July amounted to UAH 101.624 billion, which…
The high price on butter in Latvia will not remain so high for long, said Farmers Saeima Vice-Chairperson Maira Dzelzkaleja-Burmistre. “We will not have to deal with such a high price for long,” she said. She adds that the price should stabilize in the next couple of months. It is likely, however, that it will…
More Russian airlines will fly to Azerbaijan, which enjoys a growing popularity among Russian tourists. The “Ural Airlines” has received permission to fly to Azerbaijan, according to the Rosaviation, Russia’s Federal Air Transportation Agency. The airline received a permission to perform the regular passenger flights Moscow-Lankaran with a frequency of seven times per week. “IrAero”…
A zero rate of customs duties has been introduced on butter, soybean and sunflower oil seed (potatoes, wheat, meslin, rye, barley, oats, corn, grain sorghum, buckwheat, millet, soybean, flax, sunflower, etc.), rye flour, groats and flour from durum wheat, cane sugar, cacao beans, the raw materials used in pharmaceuticals, some products for animal feeding. Starting…
As of August 20, a total of 1,889.500 hectares, or 87%, of areas under crops have been harvested in Belarus so far. The harvest campaign has been completed in Brest region (the yield is 36.7 hundredweights per hectare), the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry reported. As of August 20, Belarus’ grain harvest exceeded 6.779 million…