Belarus plans to crop nearly 10 million tons of grain in 2017, Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Zayats said. “It will be some 10 million tons of bread,” Leonid Zayats said about the 2017 harvest. The minister added that it was a difficult year for the agrarians and there was no confidence in such…
Kyrgyzstanis will pay for 1 cubic meter of natural gas 14.39 soms in September, Gazprom Kyrgyzstan LLC reported. The cost of fuel remained the same as in August. Industrial enterprises, commercial structures and budget organizations will pay 17.64 soms, including VAT and sales tax, without taking into account sales tax – 17.49 soms. The tariff…
“The government allocated low interest loans of more than 2 billion manats for entrepreneurs over the last years, of course, entrepreneurs also invested their funds. As a result of this initiative, nearly 4 billion manats or perhaps even more funds were allocated to the real sector of the country’s economy,” said President of the Republic…
Three companies have submitted applications to store natural gas in Ukrainian underground gas storage (USG) facilities in the customs warehouse regime, a source in the Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine has reported. The source said that in coming days first pumping could start and first documents would be signed. Until recently, the customs clearance…
Ukraine in the first half of 2017 implemented 415 international technical assistance projects worth a total of $5.32 billion, the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade reported. The major donors of technical assistance remained the U.S. with 104 projects worth $1.5 billion, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development with 39…
Finnish carrier Finnair has announced that it will add 17 weekly flights to the Helsinki-Tallinn service in the summer 2018 season, flying up to ten trips between the two capitals a day. In addition, Finnair will add three new destinations and capacity to its popular long-haul destinations. Up to three additional departures per day will…
Estonia continued to be a net saver, and the country’s economy was not about to overheat, Tonu Palm, chief economist at Nordea, said in his comments on the reported 5.7% GDP growth. “The economy’s rapid growth stems from a low reference base in a situation where there has been underinvestment for years. Loan growth is…