Over 200 million payments at 23.8 billion soms were made through payment systems in 2016, the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan reported. It is noted that up to date, six licenses have been issued in the country for the right to conduct transactions with electronic money. At the same time, only three electronic wallets provide their…
Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) Elman Rustamov is not expected to take part in the upcoming meeting of the Central Bank Governors’ Club of Central Asia, Black Sea Region and Balkan Countries, the CBA reported. Heads of the central banks – members of the club – will exchange views…
The tariff quotas will be applied to certain agricultural products delivered from Ukraine within the framework of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA), including some cereals, dairy products, eggs, poultry and cattle meat, the press service of the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Ministry reported. In particular, Canada has the tariff quotas for the import…
A groundbreaking ceremony for construction of a new cargo terminal at Dushanbe International Airport (DIA) took place on March 31. The terminal that is being constructed under financial support of Japan’s government is expected to be finished in the summer next year. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by First Deputy Minister of Transport Suhrob Mirzoyev,…
The management of PJSC Dniproavia airline (Dnipro) in connection with mass media reports on the decision of the Economic Court of Dniepropetrovsk region on transferring 94.5% of its shares to state ownership informs its partners, passengers and the public that the airline operates as normal, according to the approved flight schedule. According to the press…
The largest Ukrainian private energy holding DTEK Energo has entered into an override agreement, which governs the long-term restructuring of the group’s bank debt with a vast majority of its existing lenders, the energy holding reported on the website of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE). The agreement extends the maturity of the overridden facilities to…
Belarus already planted early spring crops throughout 20% of the planned areas, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus Vladimir Grakun declared on March 30. According to the Deputy Minister, in 2017 Belarus will harvest at least 8.8 million tons of grains and 4.8 million tons of sugar beet. The…