Small hydropower plants are not built in Kyrgyzstan because it is unprofitable for the state to purchase electricity from them, Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Sapar Isakov said on September 21 at a meeting of the Council for Business Development and Investment. Chairman of the Investment Council Taalaibek Koichumanov said that the recommendation of the council…
Mutual communication and information exchange among businesses working in the industry is the pre-condition for improvement of Latvia’s transit industry, said Transport Ministry’s state secretary Kaspars Ozolins at a meeting of the Logistics Council. The Logistics Council discussed the situation in the transit and logistics industry, as well as predictions and proposals for improving competitiveness.…
Igor Shustov, first deputy chairman of the Belarusian state food industry concern Belgospishcheprom, commented on the situation regarding Belarus’ sugar export to Russia. “There have been no official complaints. We have been working on the Russian market year in, year out, on the basis of mutual understanding with our Russian colleagues. We got everything organized…
During the recent party hearings on the implementation of the State Program for Industrial and Innovative Development, the Investment and Development Minister of Kazakhstan Zhenis Kasymbek summarized the activities of the State program of industrial-innovative development. “To date, Kazakhstan not only provides the country with domestic products, but also enters foreign markets. The volume of…
Prices for natural gas should not depend on any political figures or factors, Naftogaz Ukrainy Head Andriy Kobolev believes. “We can talk about different mechanisms of pricing, we can talk about hubs, the domestic market or other principles, but we need to clearly understand the main requirement of Western partners, with which we completely agree…
The Ukrainian Finance Ministry attracted UAH 645.653 million to the state budget at a weekly scheduled auction on T-bills placement, according to the ministry’s website. UAH 200.888 million was attracted as a result of placement of bonds in the national currency with a 1-year maturity period and a weighted average yield of 14.35% per annum,…
According to the information released by Statistics Estonia on September 20, the producer price index of industrial output increased by 0.8% MoM and by 4.7% YoY. Compared to the previous month, the producer price index in August was affected more than average by an increase in prices in the manufacture of electronic equipment, in electricity,…