Ukraine: local budgets up in two years

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…

Belarus: farm exports up in January-February 2018

In January-February Belarus’ farm exports rose by 7.4%, Aleksei Bogdanov, Head of the Central Office for Foreign Economic Activities of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry, said at the Dairy Belarus international forum. “In January-February the Belarusian agricultural industry expanded by 7.4% over January-February 2017. The trade reached $765 million. We recorded the growth in…

Azerbaijan: major bank creates investment company

Azerbaijan’s Bank BTB has created a BTB Kapital investment company. The authorized capital of the company is 350,000 manats. The official representative of the company is Rustam Jafarov. Presently, five investment companies with a total turnover of 4.3 billion manats operate in Azerbaijan. Bank BTB has been operating in Azerbaijan since 2010. (Trend/Business World Magazine)

Poland: trade turnover with Ukraine up in 2017

Relations between Ukraine and Poland are developing successfully, in particular, in the economic sector, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to Ukraine Jan Pieklo said. “In most sectors the relations between Ukraine and Poland are good and very good, particularly with regard to cooperation in the economy. In recent years, the parties…

Ukraine: Croatia to assist in energy security

Ukraine maintains its interest in the Baltic, Adriatic, Black Sea Initiative put forward by the Croatian president and believes that joining it meets its objectives, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze has said. She stated this at a meeting with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic in Zagreb. “Ukraine is one…