Micro, small and medium-sized private businesses in Tajikistan will now benefit from a new Regional Small Business Program (RSBP) launched in Dushanbe on April 19, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Resident Office in Dushanbe reported. The EU-funded and EBRD-managed project is reportedly designed to transfer know-how in the field of micro, small…
The State Automobile Roads Agency of Ukraine, also known as Ukravtodor, plans to introduce an automatic weigh-in-motion system for trucks, which excludes the human factor, Acting Ukravtodor Head Slawomir Nowak said. “From our part, we want to introduce an automatic weigh-in-motion system when nobody stops the truck, but photos are taken when there is a…
Ukrainian Social Policy Minister Andriy Reva says 40% of Ukraine’s economy remains in the shadow, therefore the developed countries’ standards of solving economic problems cannot be effective in Ukraine, while de-shadowing will bring more money to the wage fund than the actual economic growth. “This was proved by the government in 2017. The entire wage…
The ticket revenue of Eesti Liinirongid AS, the Estonian state-owned operator of passenger trains operating under the Elron brand, increased by 15% YoY, to EUR 1.2 million in March. The number of boardings in March totaled 635,000, up by 4% YoY, the company said on April 19. The Elron routes with the highest passenger numbers…
12 student dormitories will be built in Atyrau region. Two 100-bed dormitories are being already built, and construction of two more will start soon. The local administration is developing design and specification estimates for construction of 8 more dormitories for 960 students at large, its press service said. According to the third direction of the…
Azerbaijan plans to begin exporting eggs to Russia and Iran, Executive Director of the National Entrepreneurship Support Fund (NFES) of Azerbaijan Shirzad Abdullayev said at a press conference. Abdullayev said that if in the past Azerbaijan could not completely provide itself with this product, now the local production was sufficient not only to ensure domestic…
Incomes of local budgets have grown almost 4-foldover the past two years, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman said during a meeting with representatives of regional media. “When we started to work, the local budgets amounted to UAH 64 billion and did not have own revenues. Now they amount to UAH 231 billion, which is…