The economy of Ukraine grew by 3.1% in the first quarter, so further growth of 5% or more is realistic, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman wrote on Twitter following the field meeting of the Social Policy Ministry board in Kharkiv. “Continuous trend means an increase in the goods and services produced worth UAH 471…
The digitalization of the banking sector in Azerbaijan is inevitable, Ibrahim Alyshov, Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Markets Supervision Chamber, said on May 17. He noted that this goal was one of the priorities in the Strategic Roadmap for the Development of the Financial Market. “The digitalization of the country’s banking market is one…
Rail service to and through Tartu remained heavily affected on May 17 following a signal box fire in Tartu that brought all rail service to a halt on May 16 afternoon. Many connections are being partially served by shuttle buses, and one morning train has already experienced a half-hour delay. Shuttle buses serving the Tabivere-Tartu…
Belarusian milk and juices sell well in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, Yilin Zhang, head of the international economic ties department at Wuhan-Hankou Logistics Company, declared. The executive said that the company started buying milk and juices from Belarus in 2016 and increased import in 2017. The Belarusian dairy company Savushkin Product is…
Atlantic Council analyst Anders Aslund has welcomed data on economic growth in Ukraine published by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine on May 15, according to the Ukrainian service of the Voice of America. “Ukraine: finally some good economic news. Gross domestic product rose a preliminary 3.1% YoY in Q1 after growing only 2.2% in…