In January-February Ukraine exported 5.3 thousand tons of fresh and frozen beef, down by 0.43 thousand tons YoY. The State Fiscal Service (SFS) reports that Ukraine exported 1.8 thousand tons of fresh/chilled beef (January-February 2017 – 1.72 thousand tons) and 3.5 thousand tons of frozen beef (4.05 thousand tons). The main importer of fresh and…
About 7,000 people are employed at the construction site of the Belarusian nuclear power plant at present, Press Secretary of the Belarusian Energy Ministry Zhanna Zenkevich said during a media tour of the nuclear power plant for Belarusian and Russian reporters on March 28. As many as 41 subcontractors, including 23 Belarusian ones and 18…
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order regarding measures to improve education infrastructure in Bilasuvar, Beylagan, Imishli, Neftchala and Saatli districts. Under the presidential order, 4,172,000 manats have been allocated to the Ministry of Education for the construction of 12 modular schools for 824 pupils in five districts. The advantages of modular schools include…
After a nearly seven-hour session, Riga City Council approved amendments to its budget plan that increased the city’s expenditures by EUR 42.38 million and the expected deficit to EUR 89.31 million. The opposition voted against changes. The largest increase of expenditures – EUR 36.28 million – came from the plan to realize last year’s unfinished…
The Ukrainian beer market has stopped falling and stabilized for the first time in nine years, Carlsberg Ukraine Director General Yevhen Shevchenko has said. “According to our internal assessment, the Ukrainian beer market for the first time in nine years has stopped its decline and stabilized. The facilities of Carlsberg Ukraine are not loaded in…
The Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry and the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair are holding talks on the possible launch of flights from the city of Kherson to the EU countries, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan announced. “Together with the Kherson regional administration, we are holding talks with Ryanair so that flights of this airline can be lunched from…
The European Central Bank (ECB) has withdrawn the authorization of Versobank AS to operate as a credit institution. The ECB followed a recommendation of the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority according to which Versobank had committed serious breaches of legal requirements, in particular concerning the prevention of money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. Following…