Revenues of local budgets in Ukraine grew by 31% or by UAH 45.3 billion due to the decentralization reform carried out in 2017, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman wrote on his Facebook page. “665 united territorial communities have already been created in Ukraine. Territorial communities receive millions of hryvnias for infrastructure development: they buy equipment for…
Energoatom in January increased electricity production by 9.3% YoY (by 747.8 million kilowatt-hours), to 7.259 billion kWh, the press service of the company has said. The target was met by 101.6%. Electricity sales on the wholesale market during the reporting period totaled 6.842 billion kWh compared to 7.57 billion kWh. Energoatom’s share of total electricity…
In 2017 Azerbaijan exported wine products worth $6 million, economy minister Shahin Mustafayev said at a press conference on February 13. Furthermore, Azerbaijani wines worth $1 million were delivered to China, he said. (Trend/Business World Magazine)
Belarus’ Agriculture and Food Ministry reduces the minimum recommended export prices for some types of dairy products from February 14, according to the website of the ministry. The minimum recommended export prices for partly skimmed milk powder and whole milk, dry milk products with fat content higher than 1.5% are decreased by 5 Russian rubles.…
Foreign companies can only win from investing in construction sector in Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev said on February 13 at a meeting with a delegation led by Wolfgang Buechele, chairman of Germany’s Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations. Speaking about the construction materials sector, the Azerbaijani president stressed that a big cement plant was built…
Dart Airline (Kyiv) has suspended servicing its own flights over low occupancy of planes, the airline has reported. “This happened around two or three weeks ago,” the airline said. According to the register of civil planes, as of February 13, Dart airline does not have aircraft. However, Airbus A320-212 plane with UR-CII code, Airbus A321-211…
The public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia has denied information that the company has allegedly been involved in transportation of military cargo from Russia to Transdniestria. “According to the information from the automated systems of PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia, the transportation of military cargoes indicated in the application was not carried out from the Russian Federation to Transdniestria,” the…