Ukraine: Ukrzaliznytsia investments up in Q1 2018

Ukraine’s railways operator, the state-run JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, tripled investment in the first quarter of 2018, to UAH 3.869 billion ($147.5 million). “Capital investment of Ukrzaliznytsia was estimated at UAH 3.869 billion in the first quarter of 2018. The major part of funds, that is UAH 2.43 billion, accounting for almost 63%, was spent on the…

Kazakhstan: Iranian rice to be sown

One of the peasant enterprises of Kyzylorda region plans to sow Iranian Torem Hoshemi rice variety on 500 ha. Last year it sowed a trial of Iranian rice on 70 hectares and got a good harvest, thus, gaining an opportunity to export its products to Iran. The local experts analyzed the mineral content of the…

Ukraine: public debt up in Q1 2018

The volume of public and government-guaranteed debt of Ukraine in the first quarter of 2018 increased by $1.06 billion in dollar terms, or by 1.4%, to $77.37 billion as of March 31. In hryvnia equivalent, public debt over the said period decreased by UAH 88.09 billion, or by 4.1%, to UAH 2.054 trillion, according to…