Meat production in Ukraine in January-June totaled 1.78 million tons (live weight), down by 0.3% YoY. Milk production in the country in H1 declined by 2%, to 6 million, while egg production grew by 2.6%, to 9.65 billion eggs, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine said. The data excluded reports from temporarily occupied areas in…
Lithuania’s Central Bank has promised to assess information regarding Latvian VIA SMS Group working in the country. This decision is a reaction to the statement made by Seimas National Security and Defense Committee member Arvydas Anusauskas that people associated with former Parex Banka owners worked in that company. “Before issuing the aforementioned association a license…
Construction of a section of Madaniyat-Jalal-Abad road will begin in October. This became known during a two-day working visit of the President Sooronbai Jeenbekov to the southern region of the Kyrgyz Republic. As the Minister of Transport and Roads Zhamshitbek Kalilov reported, the contract for the construction of the road was signed on June 11…
Members of Saeima’s Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee supported amendments to the Handling of Alcoholic Beverages Law, stating that small breweries would be allowed to use products grown only in Latvia. With amendments it is planned to define that small breweries are private persons or businessmen that produce wine, fermented beverages, and other…
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko held a meeting with Minister of Environmental Protection, Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Minister of Israel Ze’ev Elkin. “The interlocutors discussed an intensive trade and economic cooperation between the two countries and noted significant prospects for its further development. In this regard, they agreed on the need for the earliest possible…