The Lithuanian parliament voted to legalize medicines containing cannabis. The respective amendments were passed with 90 votes in favor, none against and three abstentions and would come into force next May. The amendments to the Law on Pharmacy and the Law on the Control of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances will allow the medicinal use of…
Kyrgyzstan lifted restrictions on the import of poultry and poultry products from Kazakhstan, the State Inspectorate for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Safety of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. The ban was lifted on the basis of confirmation by Kazakhstan of the results of laboratory tests of the National Reference Center for Veterinary Medicine on the stabilization of…
The International Bank of Azerbaijan (IBA) has earned 319 million manats worth of profits in the first 9 months of 2018. These indicators reflect such positive trends in the bank’s activities, as successful completion of the recovery process and the transition to a new stage of development. As of September 30, the assets of IBA…
Tashkent Transport Service JSC will return the 2008 Mercedes-Benz Low Floor buses to operation after a detailed inspection. There have been cases when these buses caught fire, and it has been decided to stop their operation. On October 10 and October 12 the Mercedes-Benz Low Floor buses, running on the routes Nos. 87 and 95,…
The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) has decided to extend the operating license of unit No. 4 of National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (NPP) for another decade after its installed life is over. The relevant decision was made by the SNRIU Board on October 11. The SNRIU in…
Russian fertilizer producer EuroChem has opened a $16-million efficient water-soluble fertilizers plant in Lithuania, the company said in a statement. The plant will produce 25,000 tons of water-soluble crystalline urea phosphate per year, and the capacity will be reached until the end of 2018. “This new facility will further strengthen Lifosa’s position on the global…
The Estonian Center for Defense Investment (ECDI) announced a EUR 40-million procurement for the purchase of long-range antitank weapons systems. In the framework of the procurement, at least 18 weapons systems are to be bought with ammunition. The supplier must also provide auxiliary equipment, technical support and training, spokespeople for the ECDI said. “The antitank…