Ukraine: electricity imports to be cut to zero

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy, Housing and Utilities Services, Andriy Gerus, has stated that electricity imports will drop to zero from November 15. In a post on his Facebook page, he wrote: “Dispatchers have been restricting electricity imports to a minimum level for several days. During certain hours, it is less than…

Azerbaijan: trade with Spain up in 2018

The volume of bilateral trade between Spain and Azerbaijan has increased by 5.5% in the first semester of 2019, Charge d’affaires ad interim of Spanish embassy in Baku Ignacio Sanchez Taboada declared. He noted that economic and other private relations had clearly increased in 2018, though there was still much room for improvement. “Our bilateral…

Georgia: wine tasting held in Japan

Wines tasting was held in the Japanese city of Kagoshima Bay, the National Wine Agency of Georgia reported. The event was organized by the Georgian marketing company Red Bridge, contractor of the national wine agency. It was attended by Japanese Master of Wine Kenichi Ohashi and leading Japanese wine taster Motohiro Okoshi. According to the…

Ukraine: consumer prices up in October 2019

In October consumer prices in Ukraine grew by 0.7% MoM, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. “Inflation on the consumer market totaled 0.7% in October against September and 4.2% since the beginning of the year. Core inflation amounted to 0.7% in October against September and 4.1% since the beginning of the year,” reads…