In 2005-2016, the milk production in Ukraine fell by almost 25%, Mykola Kovalsky, the marketing and communications director of the Astarta agro-industrial holding said. “In 2005-2016, the milk production in Ukraine fell by almost 25%, while the cow population in our country decreased by more than 45%,” Mykola Kovalsky said. The State Statistics Service of…
Pamir Energy Company is one of the international finalists for the prestigious Ashden Award. The 2017 Ashden Award judges have reportedly narrowed down the finalists for this year’s Awards to 22 impressive organizations, covering what they consider to be the best in sustainable energy around the world. International finalists are truly global, with projects in…
On March 17, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed the resolution ‘On additional favorable conditions for entrepreneurial activity in Karakalpakstan and Khorezm regions’. The resolution aims at boosting economy, supporting entrepreneurs, nudging exports, and implementing investment projects in the two regions. Legal entities registered and doing business in Karakalpakstan and Khorezm are exempt from compulsory sale of…
Construction of two pedestrian overpasses in Bishkek was estimated at 37,99.5 million soms, State procurement portal reported. Pedestrian overpasses are planned to be built on Shabdan Baatyr (nearby Madina market) and Kurmanjan Datka Streets (Alamedin complex). Funds for construction are allocated from the city budget. Each of the overpasses will cost more than 18 million.…
Housing construction considerably increased in Kazakhstan in 2016. As much as 89,400 new apartments were built in the country in the past year. It is the highest level in all the 25 years of Kazakhstan’s independence. The previous highest rate in housing construction was recorded in 1991, when 84,500 apartments were built in Kazakhstan. The…
Kyiv’s district administrative court has declared unlawful the decision of Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers not to allow Yuzgaz B.V. (the Netherlands) to participate in the product sharing agreement (PSA) on the Yuzivska field (Kharkiv and Donetsk regions) and obliged the government to resume the consideration of the company’s application. The court ruling was published in…
First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB) finished 2016 with a net profit of 367 million UAH. At the same time, bank’s operating profit amounted to 1.8 billion UAH. The bank reduced allocations to reserves more than 3.5-fold, from 4.8 billion UAH in 2015 to 1.3 billion UAH in 2016. According to the results of 2016, FUIB’s…