Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan says that the Ukrainian ports of Mariupol and Berdiansk on the Sea of Azov are effectively under blockade by the Russian Federation. “Vessels are being barred from leaving and entering,” he wrote on Facebook on November 28. There are 18 vessels waiting for entry into the Sea of Azov: four…
According to Statistics Estonia, in the third quarter the average monthly gross wages and salaries of enterprises, institutions and organizations was EUR 1,291, up by 7.5% YoY. The growth in average monthly gross wages and salaries was 1.1% faster than in the previous quarter. The average monthly gross wages and salaries stood at EUR 1,296…
In 2018 the share of payments through POS terminals in Azerbaijan accounted for 3-4% of the country’s GDP (65.2 billion manats in January-October), Erdem Cakar, MasterCard country manager in Azerbaijan, said at a press conference on November 29. He said the figure was 40% in Turkey, 50% in the UK and 70% in Sweden. In…
The information about laying an additional 10-kilometer railway line to develop Afghanistan’s Aqina railway station was voiced at a working governmental meeting in Ashgabat city. The corresponding project was developed at the Turkmen Ministry of Railways. President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed that all infrastructure facilities of this railway must be provided with equipment that…
The volume of foreign direct investment in the Ukrainian economy (non-residents’ equity capital) in January-September increased by $367.2 billion, or by 1.2% YoY, to $31.974 billion as of October 1. Over the period under review $1.71 billion in new investment was received, while $491.5 million was dropped. The negative revaluation stood at $851.7 million, according…