The Council of Ministers of Belarus issued resolution No. 1094 on December 28, 2016 to enact the medium-term financial program of the central state budget for 2017-2019, the press service of the Belarusian government reported. The document stipulates a number of key economic indicators as well as social and economic development targets for the next…
Kazakhstan ratified double taxation convention with Slovenia on December 30, 2016. President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed the RoK Law “On ratification of the Convention between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Government of the Republic of Slovenia for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on…
Ukraine has entered 2017 with natural gas stocks in its underground storage facilities being 11.993 billion cubic meters, public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz has reported. Gas stocks in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities have declined by 18.6% since October 13, 2016 when the current heating season began, through December 31, 2016. Current stocks are down by 14.3%…
Ukroboronprom state concern in January-September saw sales revenues rise by 28.44% YoY, to 18.536 billion UAH. According to the press service of the state concern, in the first nine months of 2016 investment in production of new military equipment during increased by 11%, to 476 million UAH. The volume of goods shipped for exports in…
Belarus will sell more food to Russia in 2017 than in 2016, Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats reported. The minister noted that the boards of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry and the Russian Agriculture Ministry decided on the amount of food supplies every year. “We set certain reference targets for Belarusian and…
A record high amount of milk is expected to be produced in Belarus in 2016, Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats reported. According to the source, last year’s milk production is expected to go up by 125,000 tons YoY to 6.780 million tons. “It is the first time the republic will produce that much”,…
The National Bank of Moldova (BNM) put into circulation six commemorative coins as payment and numismatic. According to BNM’s press service, the series “Personalities” will be completed with the coin dedicated to celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of artist Mihai Grecu, a Moldovan artist who boosted fine arts in Moldova. The coin represents…