Compared with the same month of last year, Latvia had the fourth highest inflation index among EU member states in this year’s May, according to data from Eurostat. Last month, consumer prices in Latvia were 2.7% higher when compared with May last year. Inflation was only higher in Estonia (+3.5%), Lithuania (+3.2%) and the UK…
The Stadler trains for the Minsk subway will be produced entirely at the Belarusian enterprise Stadler Minsk, Stadler Rail Group CEO Peter Spuhler declared. “We have won a tender to supply trains for the Minsk subway. Our engineers are busy designing the new rolling stock. The trains for the subway will be assembled entirely at…
Frist Deputy Head of the National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) Jamoliddin Nouraliyev met with representatives of Moody’s Investors Service, the bond credit rating business of Moody’s Corporation. According to the NBT press service, Jamoliddin Nouraliyev met with Moody’s analysts Atsi Sheth and Mathew Kirkosta as well as Nathalie Marshik, an expert at Oppenheimer & Co.…
Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC transported more than 1.55 million tons of liquid cargo on its tankers and ferries in January-May, up almost 2-fold YoY, the company said in a message on June 16. In the first five months of 2017, Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping transported 660,870 tons of dry cargo, up by 54,150 tons YoY. The…
Energoatom in January-May increased electricity production by 11.8% YoY (by 4.126 billion kilowatt-hours), to 38.979 billion kWh, the press service of the company has said. The target was met by 106.6%. Electricity sales on the wholesale market during the reporting period totaled 36.732 billion kWh compared to 32.776 billion kWh last year. The Energoatom’s share…
Within the framework of the Kazakh-Ukrainian Business Council, an agreement was reached between the two countries on export-import cooperation, Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister – Minister for Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities stated at the 13th meeting of the joint interstate Ukrainian-Kazakh commission for economic cooperation. According to Zubko, the Development Bank of Kazakhstan is…
During his two-day official visit to Armenia, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has got acquainted with its innovative development. Tajik leader visited Technology and Science Dynamics LLC (TSD) in Yerevan. Rahmon reportedly got acquainted with TSD achievements in the field of information and communications technologies. Technology and Science Dynamics is a research and development corporation established…