GE Transportation, a division of U.S. company General Electric, will provide Ukraine with first diesel locomotives this autumn, Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman stated during the Government Question Hour meeting held in Parliament. “This year we will build more wagons than ever. And we will get a new rolling stock this autumn, which we built with…
Georgian wine variety Saperavi Khashmi has been added to the list of protected Georgian appellation wines. “This decision indicates the diversity of Georgian wine and its varietal richness, which is especially important in terms of the popularization of Georgian wine and the growth of export potential”, read the press release published by the Georgian National…
Belarus intends to sell beef and poultry meat to the United Arab Emirates. The statement was made by Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Igor Brylo after negotiations with Director General of the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) Abdulla Al Maeeni. Igor Brylo said: “Belarus intends to sell dairy products, beef, and poultry…
In January-June the Port of Tallinn handled 10.09 million tons of cargo, up by 1.4% YoY. According to the Port Authorities, transshipment of containers climbed by 6.4%, to 108,920 TEUs. Transshipment of liquid bulk cargo grew by 1%, to 4.28 million tons, and Ro-Ro – by 8.9%, to 2.73 million tons, while transshipment of dry…
In 2018 Ukraine will receive about $2 billion from the IMF, as well as loans from the EU and the World Bank, which will provide an opportunity to increase international reserves up to $20.7 billion by the end of this year. However, in 2019-2020, due to peak payments on external public debt, the balance of…
Ukrainian banks in the first half of 2018 reduced the number of operating structural divisions by 361, to 9,128 as of July 1, according to the National Bank of Ukraine. According to the data published on the regulator’s website, the largest number of branches during the period under review was shut down by state-owned banks,…
The Belarusian automobile engineering company OAO BelAZ has opened a modern technical support center in Russia’s Ural Federal District, the press service of the Belarusian Industry Ministry reported. The center for repairing and maintaining BelAZ mining vehicles was opened in the city of Berezovsky, Sverdlovsk region. The center had been built by BelTransLogistik Company, an…